Does anyone know where I can purchase the common tigar lilies that grows wild? I know they grow anywhere, but I still feel even if it doesn't look like a yard, it is someones property and I don't want to trespass to dig it up. None of my friends have it growing in their yards.
I looked on line but what they call a tiger lily are spotted lilys, but not the common wild type with the orange with yellow throat & lines through the petal.
All I can guess is that it is not sold because it is so common wild.
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There's a website called American Meadows (https://www.americanmeadows.com/Perennials/PerennialLilyFlowerBulbs.aspx?gclid=CKffuciTj5oCFRo-awodMk4oLQ) that appears to offer wild tiger lily bulbs for sale. Scroll down to the bottom part of their page to see the listing. I have no experience with that retailer, so I can't vouch for them.
I'm always a little hesitant to buy wild plants from companies. While you seem to respect the plants and the land they grow on, not everyone shares your scruples. In my area, there is a wildflower society. It's a relatively small group, and each year, the members collect a few seeds from various wild plants, start them, and then offer some of the plants for sale at their annual show/festival. They give excellent information about the specific conditions a plant needs in order to thrive. They also keep records of the local wild flora, such as the number of each species found growing in a given area. You might check around your area to see if there's a similar group.
I'm always a little hesitant to buy wild plants from companies. While you seem to respect the plants and the land they grow on, not everyone shares your scruples. In my area, there is a wildflower society. It's a relatively small group, and each year, the members collect a few seeds from various wild plants, start them, and then offer some of the plants for sale at their annual show/festival. They give excellent information about the specific conditions a plant needs in order to thrive. They also keep records of the local wild flora, such as the number of each species found growing in a given area. You might check around your area to see if there's a similar group.
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thanks, I did find that one.. Maybe it is different for different parts of the country. But that is not the wild tiger lily in my parts from New York to New Hampshire.
Those are pure orange with spots. I did find someone selling them on ebay. Seems he sells a few common flowers, and there are more the 300 positive feedback, only 1 neutral and no negative. So I am extremely hopeful. It offers 25 for $9.99.. that should have been enough, but I was so excited I ordered two.!! What I will do with 50 I am not sure yet!
Those are pure orange with spots. I did find someone selling them on ebay. Seems he sells a few common flowers, and there are more the 300 positive feedback, only 1 neutral and no negative. So I am extremely hopeful. It offers 25 for $9.99.. that should have been enough, but I was so excited I ordered two.!! What I will do with 50 I am not sure yet!
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Ooops. I meant to leave the link incase anyone else was interested. Or wanted to see a picture of the type I was looking for.
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Oh! I have those all over my property! I know them as daylilies.
Too bad you're located so far away from me. I'd be very happy to give you a whole bunch of them. They need to be divided every so often. Perhaps, if you find some in someone's yard, they'd be willing to share if you offered to help when it came time to divide their plants.
Too bad you're located so far away from me. I'd be very happy to give you a whole bunch of them. They need to be divided every so often. Perhaps, if you find some in someone's yard, they'd be willing to share if you offered to help when it came time to divide their plants.
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Kisal is right and the listing is incorrect; those are common daylilies and not tiger lilies...
[url]https://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/wildflowers/tiger-lily[/url]
Both can be found wild all over New England, and both are Chinese natives brought back by the clipper trade. We do have some very nice natives...L. canadense, a four to five foot yellow to orange blooms (there is a selection var. coccineum that is red)...
[url]https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LICA3[/url]
and L. superbum, a towering thing, 6-8', with magnificent yellow to orange to red blossoms...
[url]https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=lisu[/url]
L. philadelphicum is Wood Lily shorter redder addition to the pair listed so far and ranging further west (and there are others out west not yet listed yet.)
[url]https://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIPH[/url]
This is why pros use Latin; it prevents mix ups like this when common names start to blend...
MT, I'd stick to daylilies as the lily beetle is making tracks your way...
[url]https://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/PlantFinder/IPM.asp?code=318&group=10&level=s[/url]
HG
[url]https://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/wildflowers/tiger-lily[/url]
Both can be found wild all over New England, and both are Chinese natives brought back by the clipper trade. We do have some very nice natives...L. canadense, a four to five foot yellow to orange blooms (there is a selection var. coccineum that is red)...
[url]https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LICA3[/url]
and L. superbum, a towering thing, 6-8', with magnificent yellow to orange to red blossoms...
[url]https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=lisu[/url]
L. philadelphicum is Wood Lily shorter redder addition to the pair listed so far and ranging further west (and there are others out west not yet listed yet.)
[url]https://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIPH[/url]
This is why pros use Latin; it prevents mix ups like this when common names start to blend...
MT, I'd stick to daylilies as the lily beetle is making tracks your way...
[url]https://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/PlantFinder/IPM.asp?code=318&group=10&level=s[/url]
HG
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most if not all parts of those common daylilies is edible, by the way. I batter-fry the flowers all summer long, haven't yet messed with the corms.
here's a pic of an L. superbum from a wild blueberry picking expedition last summer (from under it, they're big alright):
[img]https://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/khoomeizhi/for%20web/IMG_2925.jpg[/img]
here's a pic of an L. superbum from a wild blueberry picking expedition last summer (from under it, they're big alright):
[img]https://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/khoomeizhi/for%20web/IMG_2925.jpg[/img]
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