Ginger lily (Hedychium garderianum)
An erect perennial herb to about 2m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are long and broadly strap-like to 40 cm long by 15cm wide, glossy and pale to dark green, arranged alternately on a pithy stem. Flowers are pleasantly fragrant, ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Gymea Lily
Gymea lilies are spectacular Australian native plants with large, compact heads of nectar filled red flowers atop tall, thick stems. Most Australian natives resent being transplanted, but Gymea lilies can be dug up, moved and planted bare rooted. ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Caterpillar on Clivias
The lily caterpillar seems to have increased in numbers and horticultural importance along with the increased popularity of mass-planted crinum or spider lilies (Crinum pedunculatum) and clivias (Clivia miniata). Don looked at a mass planting of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Easter Lilies (Lilium longiflorum)
Easter Lilies are a fragrant lily, with white trumpet-like flowers that blooms around Easter in the Northern Hemisphere (spring). Their popularity makes them the fourth-largest potted floral crop. They were originally native to Southern Japan and ... [... more]
Gardening Talk |
Arum or calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
An erect perennial herb to about 1m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are very large (to 60cm long), glossy, dark green and arrowhead-shaped. Flowers consist of a large (to 25cm long) white sheath enclosing a yellow spike. The ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Canna Lilies
If you want a bright, happy, tropical-style garden but you don't live in the tropics, think about planting canna lilies. Cannas are undergoing a new wave of popularity now that warm colours and bold foliage are back in style. In our segment Don ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Taiwan Lily
Don looked at the Taiwan or Formosa lily, a beautiful tall lily that has escaped from gardens to become a weed. It is now outcompeting many of our native Australian plants, and degrading the value of our urban bushland. The species name ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Indoor Pots, Peace Lily
The Peace Lily is a fantastic plant for indoors as they really are beautiful, flower for many months and are very hardy. Trevor has a simple tip on what to do when they stop flowering. Put a banana skin into the pot and then cover the plant and ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Ethylene Production by Three Lily Species and Their ...
The screening of fourteen lily cultivars reveals the effects of carbohydrate status, water relations and postharvest storage conditions on the longevity of lily flowers. Asiatic and Oriental hybrid lilies and Lilium longiflorum lilies are ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Lily Tuck from HarperCollins Publishers
Lily Tuck is the author of four novels, including The News from Paraguay, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, and Siam, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, as well as a collection of stories. She divides her time among New York, an island ... [... more]
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Lily Prior
Lily Prior is the author of La Cucina, Ardor, and Nectar and she divides her time between London and Italy. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Lily Binns
Lily Binns is a writer and a producer for the dance company Pilobolus. She lives in Brooklyn. [... more]
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