Tiger lily etc.
James Waddick (Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:35:03 PDT)

Been off line, but will add.

Someone suggested - or did I imagine- that the double TL was
less enduring than typical form? True? Ellen's sure sound sturdy and
long lived as road side survivors.

Year ago I got T. lancifolium- fertile/diploid from Dan
Hinckley. I can verify lots of seed, fewer bulbils and fertility-
sometime seedlings are almost like sod; most die or they would take
over. It does seed around a bit, but there are much worse weeds to
worry about.

Yellow TL - I can't say that I have ever seen one that
actually looked like a Yellow form of the common TL. Just some other
seedling/hybrid that some grower was trying to hype and pass off. I
don't doubt that one might exist, but so might a TL with variegated
foliage and I haven't seen that yet either.

I especially appreciated Dave K and Jim M's contributions on this topic

Lilum superbum. Over the years I have had a few bulbs
labelled L superbum (or as a friend calls them "Super- Bum"). I may
have lost them, or lost track of them while also planting L.
michiganense which is quite similar. This spring all my bulbs were
clearly L michiganense. I don't know if L. m. overwhelmed L. s or the
name superbum were simply mislabelled. Has this happened to anyone
else?

More later. Jim W.
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