Tag: plantasia

plantasia:

kihaku-gato:

plantasia:

I grew some beautiful asiatic lilies this past season. Varieties are Josephine (left) and Salmon Party (right).

Those are gorgeous cultivars! Though I’d hate to interject but I have to say they’re Oriental hybrids not Asiatic; Asiatic hybrids are not capable of the charismatic petal stripes and unique freckling which the Oriental hybrids are most cherished for.

I’m curious though; do these cultivars have a spicy fragrance at all or are they scentless?

@kihaku-gato You’re absolutely right! It seems I’ve already forgotten everything I learned about lilies when I bought them earlier this year 😅

Both had a medium to strong scent that I would characterize as mainly sweet. You could pick it up a few feet away if the wind was blowing.

Those ID slip ups happen to the best of us lol, it’ll stick eventually. At the very least you kept memory of the cultivar names which is 100% better than me who always forgets what cultivars I own oftentimes lol.

And ooo I didn’t know there were some oriental lilies that have more of a sweet scent. The strength doesn’t surprise me but the sweetness does.