Strat's Place - The Arboretum - Rick's Asiatic Lily Picture Collection

We are delighted to have Rick's wonderful pictures beautifying our site.

Rick writes us ...

I've collected Asiatic Hybrid lilies for over 15 years, planting them wherever I can find a spot in the perennial beds and garden area around the 75 by 125 foot city lot where I live. Most recent years I've managed to get flowers on about 160 to 170 different varieties, but more than 30 of the first bulbs I planted back in the 'early days' have died out. I'm certain that lack of light, heavy soil conditions, and too much competition from tree roots have all been factors in their disappearances.

I live in Canada, in Hardiness Zone 2a (Canadian) which is about a Zone 3 using the USDA Zone Map. We have cold winters, usually with 1 - 3 feet of snow, and warm but relatively short summers with as few as 90 frost free days in our growing season. The Asiatic hybrid lilies and many of the species lilies do very well here, but most of the other divisions of lilies (Orientals, Aurelians, Trumpets, etc.) usually die over the winter. In some cases these types will survive if protected very well and if they are planted in areas around the house with a warmer microclimate. Daylilies, which are not in the Lilium genus and therefore not true lilies, also grow well here, but I've restricted myself to only 4 cultivars........so far.

The photos were all shot by me over the last 3 or 4 years. I always try to take the photos on days which are overcast but bright, so the light is diffuse and there are fewer shadows. The colour is much more accurate this way, but after scanning the photos, I will touch up the colour if necessary to make it as accurate as I can.

If anyone has any comments, suggestions, or complaints (!), please feel free to e-mail Rick at randrusek@hotmail.com

NOTE: All of these images are copyrighted by Rick. If you would like to use any of them, please feel free to contact him.

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Artistic	Brush Stroke	Buttermilk	Charleston	Chianti	Chinook
Chivalry	Claret Sunburst	Colleen	Contessa	Coppersmith	Corsica
Cosmic Blast	Crete	Croquet	Dawn Star	Delta	Desert Storm
Duet	Edith	Electric	Festive Edge	Fleur De Lis	Flirt
Gardenia	Geneve	Grand Cru	Hodge Podge	IItalia	Jolly Miller
La Loren	La Toya	Lemon Pixie	Lollipop	Malta	Marseilles
Menton	Miss Gaiety	Misty Eyes	Mona	Montenegro	Monterosa
Mountaineer	Mystic Rose	Painted Desert	Parfait Frost	Parisienne	Parkland Orange
Patricia	Paulus Potter	Peacock Creation	Philos	Pink Pagoda	Pink Peach
Purple Rain	Redland	Rembrandt	Rhodos	Rodeo	Roma
Rosalinda	Rosita	Sally Joann	Salmon Cream	Selina	Shirley
Silly Girl	Silver Thaw	Sorbet	Spinning Wheel	Springtime	Sugar Bear
Summer Night	Sweet Whispers	Tokyo	Toscana	Tristar	Unique
Vogue	Whiteswallow	Yellow Blaze	Yellow Princess

Rick also sent along some great pictures of his other gardens ... Early June ... Early August

the Patio ... a planting group ... closeup of planting

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