These lilies came here with us from Virginia, in 2004.  One of my students gave me a 4 inch pot with a single flower as a going away gift.  When we got settled in, we planted it, and hoped it would survive the winter.  

 

Well, it did.  In fact, I dug it up, and there were a whole bunch of bulblets, so we planted them too.  For the next few years they were beautiful every June.  Then the deer discovered that the beautiful flowers were edible and tasty, and we lost the ones that weren’t protected by a fence.

 

These live inside our “wild garden.”  The garden is fenced and is wild with Solomon’s Seal, Fire pinks, Bee Balm, Butterfly weed, Black-eyed Susies, and yes, wild with Virginia creeper.  I don’t love that, but it is hard to keep it out.  

 

So, now you can see how long Asiatic lilies last in our climate.  I have about five good plants still, and they bloom every June.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!