It bloomed

[Missa]

The lily from Lawanna, I love it. My first tropical (unknown), it took a while but it bloomed & has bloomed every day since the first one.

Some pics ... one was taken on a sunny day & so looks washed out, the other was a rainy overcast day.

[Missa]

Just because .... here's a bud & pad pics.

[Ky Kim]

Very pretty.  I like my hardies, but love my tropicals. 


Kim

[landey1230]

Very nice pink.  I like the pic with the rain drops.  Congrats on your first tropical bloom.

[lorraine1960]

ok i'm gonna be stupid but i really don't know....how do u tell the difference between the hardies and tropicals....     lorraine

[bunny56lbc]

That's pretty , I like it 

bonnie

[greenthumbnails]

ok i'm gonna be stupid but i really don't know....how do u tell the difference between the hardies and tropicals....     lorraine

I am still learning about ponding myself, so I will need someone to confirm this, but my understanding is that the hardy flowers float while the tropical flowers are aerial.  I think the leaves are different too in that the tropicals have wavy outer edges and the hardies are smooth.  But, I think an immature or juvenile tropical might have smooth edges in the beginning.  Is that right anyone?

[Esther]

One thing about tropicals is that they can be blue and purple and I don't think we can purchase any blue hardies yet. They just discovered a blue hardy recently. Well not discovered, crossed some to get a blue.

[Philly Bill]

Very nice colors. I am jealous of people who can have tropicals - it is cold here in Philly, and I don't have enough yard or house to greenhouse or bring anything in. Or enough money to treat them as annuals...

[Desertponder]

but my understanding is that the hardy flowers float while the tropical flowers are aerial.

For the most part yes, but there are some hardies that will stand above the water. Cynthia Ann, Denver, and my Colorado will stand up out of the water.

[Missa]

Very nice colors. I am jealous of people who can have tropicals - it is cold here in Philly, and I don't have enough yard or house to greenhouse or bring anything in. Or enough money to treat them as annuals...

This is my first, I hope I can get it to live through the winter .... I don't have a green house. I'm just planning on bringing it in.

[marla]

Missa, I love the second photo, beautiful lily!  Good luck with overwintering.  I have been lucky so far, I place them in a preform pond in the basement with grow lights above (it is unheated so they don't grow but survive)......so far 3 winters and 100% success.