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Pond Views
« on: May 26, 2016, 08:13:52 PM »
Here are some pics of my big pond and the lilies in them. All of the lilies in it are TMike's hybrids.  o(:-)

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2016, 08:15:26 PM »
5-26-16 A couple more pics.  O0

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2016, 08:12:57 AM »
Very nice, his lilies are hybrids of what?
I noticed that the blooms are above the water like tropicals.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2016, 04:05:46 PM »
Bob, they are hardy lily hybrids. They are not crosses with H X T. They are hybrids from different hardy lilies so I do not know what the parent plants are.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2016, 05:42:35 PM »
Is it normal for hardy blooms to be that far above the water level? The only time that I've had hardies do that was when they were very crowded and they weren't nearly that high.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2016, 06:11:32 PM »
Some hardy lilies stand taller out of water than others, while some sit right on the water. Guess it depends on what the parent plants were that would determine that. Maybe TMike will see this and respond.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2016, 06:22:49 PM »
Learn something new everyday.
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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2016, 12:25:22 PM »
Here is a larger view of the lower pond.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2016, 09:58:30 PM »
I've been enjoying TMike's JTB (Just too pretty) crosses also.  Mine stand above the water on heavy stems.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2016, 06:53:10 PM »
The JTP lilies are pretty. I have some of them and they are just starting to bloom also.

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Re: Pond Views
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2016, 08:09:37 PM »
Very lovely...landscaping and the lilies! 

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