Oriental Lillies - Sumo 'Rialto'
Aren’t they pretty?
And I really can’t believe how easy it was.
They are Oriental Lillies from Tesselaar bulbs. The 10 bulbs cost me $30 (probably less than the cost of a bunch).
And the best thing is that I’ll get another bunch next year, and the year after that – for free!
500m2 in Sydney 
Are you *sure* you don’t want some frangipani sticks? The poor little things are trying to grow and they’re not even in the ground!
Yes, but they make you sneeze!!
I had to laugh when I read this. I grow so much more inedible stuff, I seem to have no trouble with that stuff, it is the stuff I want to eat that I have so much more trouble with.
I honestly haven’t even tried anything else ornamental apart from the roses, and I’ve only kept those to avoid a neighbourhood revolt. Their days are numbered, but the neighbours don’t know it yet.
Beauty in all it’s forms! it’s should all be enjoyed! i know we’ll have heaps of wildflowers at our place! i think what you have done is grand.
Thanks Maggie 🙂
Actually, the Chinese put something in soups that they call ‘lily’, and looks like a long skinny dried out lily flower. If we worked out what they really were, you could grow it and eat it too. 🙂 wouldn’t be half as nice as fresh flowers from the garden though.