double-flowered tiger lily; was: Re: [pbs] Bulb Odds and end
Rodger Whitlock (Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:49:06 PDT)
On 12 Jul 04 at 12:57, DaveKarn@aol.com wrote:
...The "tiger lily" has long been known to harbor a
number of lily viruses making of it, thus, a "Typhoid Mary" when
grown anywhere near more sensitive lilies, e.g., the Orientals. It
is of more than passing interest that this (triploid?) lily has been
grown for hundreds of years (L. lancifolium or L. tigrinum) in spite
of its virus and has been remarkably tolerant of it.
Does anyone know anything about a *yellow* form of the tiger lily? It
flowered well this year in a pot, but now 'Citronella' (I think it
is) is flowering in the open garden and I wonder if the two are the
same. Is the yellow tiger lily just a hybrid cultivar that's been
rebranded?
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island