I planted some beautiful lily bulbs 2 Fall's ago. Deep orange, and deep purple (almost black). They bloomed for the first time last summer, and were beautiful! Just the colors I was searching for...
My lilies have bloomed again this season...I have my beautiful deep orange, and red. Yes, I said RED. Not purple. Red.
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| Here's the orange... |
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| and purple turned red? |
What happened? I told my mom about it, she said something about the acidity of our soil. I have no idea. I tried to Google it, but had no luck. Anybody out there know? I mean, they are still beautiful, but they don't quite fit with the color scheme I have going. Will they be red again next year?
I also have some gorgeous Clematis for those of you who care
You may need to add an iron fertilizer...but I would call your local nursery and ask
ReplyDeleteNot a gardener.. but the lilies are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou can solve your acid problem by throwing some rusty nails in the soil. I threw a whole bunch in when I planted my pink hydrangeas several years ago, and they've bloomed a beautiful blue ever since.
ReplyDeleteAcid-loving plants will be a shade of pink or red in soil with low acidity, and blue or purple in soil with high acidity.
I think there's also something you can buy to increase the acidity in your soil, but a gardener recommended the rusty nails to me and they did the trick!
Your lilies are gorgeous though! And the clematis, too!
Wish I could have those in Florida! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful despite being red LOL!
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