Wood's Blue Goddess - Huge Lilly

[MikeW]

Thank you Sean for this one. It has huge blooms, and huge pads - and seems to be prolific way to the end of the season.

Mike

[Teresa]

Gorgeous!  What's the little one on the bottom of the pic . . . and are those lovely vareigated pads it's?

[MikeW]

Hey Teresa -
The small bloom visible is Lavender Lace. The harge variegated blooms are Foxfire pads, but the smaller green variegated pads are Lavender Lace.

Generally a weed, but quite well behaved this season.

Cheers,

Mike

[Teresa]

The pads on both of them are attractive . . . .that's important if you run the risk of paying for a lily for it's blooms but only getting pads . . . .

[louis]

Mike, end of season??? you have banana and palm trees. how much of an end to your season can there be ??

lovely pond and really a nice healthy plant. how chilly does your winter get??

lou

[maryvonne]

Very nice goddess Mike. Sean gave me one too but I managed to kill it. Come to think about it I've killed a lot of the ones he's given me over the years.

Maryvonne

[MikeW]

Hey Lou -
No, I have some season left. Generally, the tropicals will bloom into december, albeit at a very washed out rate. While some of the others were already slowing down a tad, good old Wood's Blue Goddess was staying the course - even improving in performance.

Last winter was a warm one for us. My area hit a bottom low of 42 F, but usually we will get into the upper 30's. The palms and bananas, heliconias and passifloras all come through it OK. I love the tropical look, but I am jolly lazy, and I would hate to have to move stuff into the garage, or go and get mulch delivered.

Cheers,

Mike