Whoop-de-doo Blue!

[miguynmkoi]

This is my first blue of the year!     As you can see it grew right up through the netting  ....that's how I solve the low netting problem    This was a totally unexpected flower as the weather has been at best cold and dreary here.  Other hardy lilies shot up flowers that hardly opened before sinking  :'(

This blue is always a good producer for me.  Oh well, just had to say....

Plus the second photo is a plastic barrel of feeder breeder fish with anarchist blooming away beneath the chicken wire.

[Vickie]

Very pretty. I love blue lilies.

[Loony]

Very pretty blue!

[Esther]

So jealous. Love the blue.

[miguynmkoi]

Thank you Ladies!  I started out with all blues/purples in my garden and the ponds but drifted with other colors of a plant I like.  This was the surprise I needed after working really hard last week 

[Kittyzee]

Beautiful Annette!!  Now how did that lily get up thru that net?   

[Kat]

That is one determined lily getting a bud/bloom past the netting 

[tinkster]

Love the Blues!

tink

[miguynmkoi]

Thank you!  That determined flower was able to grow through the net.  Seems this particular lily (the tag is at the bottom of the pond with all the others  ) grows tall while it's building the bud.  Once it gets through the net it pretty much gets fatter and ready to open.

This lily I've had for at least 3 years is from Kat's collection!  Thank you again, Kat!

[trish]

I love the blue.  One of these days I'm going to have to give tropicals a try. 

[tugo]

Very nice lily miguynmkoi, perfect colour.
Since some weeks first time I try to start some blue for me but the tubers are cooking in the water. Let's see what will happen.

[miguynmkoi]

Tugo, you need some shade to prevent cooking! 

[tugo]

Yes, I did start using it since yesterday and this time water was too cool. So it means I have to put on and off each day with some intervals. Will be like baby sitting:))

[miguynmkoi]

Tugo, sounds like the weather in your area is quite unpredictable.  I have a large umbrella over part of my koi pond that stays down in the winter and up during the warmer months....also helps to slow down evaporation of the water too I think.

So sorry to hear of the loss of so many fish in your pond.  :'(

[tootsie]

What a pretty lily, the color is wonderful 

[miguynmkoi]

Thank you Tootsie! 

I have been watching this little bloom everyday and when it opens in the morning I think of its center as an egg yolk for breakfast    I can see the petal color from my kitchen where I slave away    I think of all my lilies this is the color that gives me the most excitement.  Favorite color too!

[maryvonne]

I like the blues too. Yours is very pretty.

Maryvonne