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12 - Friday, August 4, 1989 -— North Shore News

FOR MORE than 50 years, lilies of
all kinds have been garden
favorites in Canada.

These include various hybrids as
well as species tifies. Of the latter,
there are more than 100 known
types, about two-thirds of which
originate in Asia, one-quarter in
North America and the remainder
in Europe.

However, most of those grown
today are Asiatic, or Mid-century
hybrids. These lilies have upward
facing flowers (or chalice type).

The origin of these lilies lies in
the state of Oregon, at the nursery
of Jan de Graaff in the middie of
the 20th century, hence the name.

Initially, the variety ‘Enchant-
ment,’ an orange cultivar, was the
great favorite. Since then, it has
been overtaken in the popularity
contest by ‘Connecticut King,’ a
ocautiful yeliow variety.

Through intensive cross-

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breeding, hybridizers have produc-
ed an array of new cultivars, such
as the creamy-white ‘Sterling Star’
and ‘Mont Blanc,’ orange-red
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Additional cross-breeding of : apna
Mid-century hybrids with tiger ; : mets : i PA Bee
lilies (L. tigrinum) and orange L. j
bulbbiferum has blurred the
distinctions among the groups.
Today, when speaking of Asiatic
lilies, all of the varieties with up-
ward-fecing flowers are included.
L. speciosum makes its appear-
ance late in the summer season,
ene of the last to bloom. It flowers
in rich shades of red and white
with large flowers, 15 cm (six in-
ches) or more wids. The blooms
are reflexed, in shades of pink
through red with darker red spots.
The variety 2. rubrum, as its
name suggests, blooms red.
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