Product Description

Beautiful, easy-to-grow cultivars.

For centuries, adventurous botanists risked their lives to gather exquisite specimens from remote, perilous locations. Fortunes were spent shipping the lilies back to royalty and collectors who treasured them. Lilies gained a reputation with gardeners for being difficult plants: fussy, sulky, prone to a lingering death. This characterization, thankfully, is coming to an end.

Today, new hybrids make growing lilies easier than ever. Advances in hybridization over the past 50 years have revolutionized how gardeners grow lilies. These new hybrids -- many created right here in North America -- are greatly improved in health, beauty and stamina.

Lilies introduces gardeners to these new cultivars that have captured the hearts and imagination of gardeners worldwide. The enormous diversity of these lily varieties is described in detail. The dazzling color photographs of lilies in full bloom help gardeners first to choose and then raise the cultivars best suited to their garden and climate.

This book features: - The lily's storied history that predates the pharaohs - An extensive directory of lilies, complete with detailed growing instructions - Instructions for growing lilies in cold climates - Suggestions for dealing with bugs and pests - A propagation guide

Gardeners love lilies but are often hesitant about growing them. This book makes cultivating lilies easy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #700384 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From Booklist
In Lilies, the McGeorges efficiently demystify the diversity and celebrate the adaptability of the various hybrids that help make the genus Lilium so popular with both florists and gardeners. Carol Haggas
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Review
A good broad spectrum treatment of the lily... a concise, modestly price guide targeted to floral gardeners. Highly recommended. -- John P. Abbott, E-Streams 08/2004

Demystif[ies] the diversity and celebrate the adaptability of the various hybrids... clear, concise format, detailed descriptions, and superlative color photography. -- Carol Haggas, Booklist / RBB 03/15/2004

Excellent reference that covers everything there is to know about these plants... will work for gardeners for years to come. -- Patty Jessome, Edmonton Sun 07/10/2004

Practical guide for gardeners who love lilies... Beautifully illustrated. -- Ken Smith, London Free Press 07/17/2004

The beautiful photographs of lilies in full bloom help gardeners choose... This practical guide makes understanding lilies easier than ever. -- Mary Ann Fink, St Louis Post-Dispatch 07/10/2004

Review
Practical guide for gardeners who love lilies... Beautifully illustrated. (Ken Smith London Free Press 20040717)

The beautiful photographs of lilies in full bloom help gardeners choose... This practical guide makes understanding lilies easier than ever. (Mary Ann Fink St Louis Post-Dispatch 20040710)

A good broad spectrum treatment of the lily... a concise, modestly price guide targeted to floral gardeners. Highly recommended. (John P. Abbott E-Streams 20040926)

Simple and practical... well written and interesting reading. The color pictures (one or several on each page) are uniformly beautiful. (Carol Noll American Reference Books Annual, Volume 36 20040710)

A practical guide... everything you want to know about planting these wonderful bulbs in your garden. (Jodi DeLong Halifax Chronicle Herald 20040315)

Excellent reference that covers everything there is to know about these plants... will work for gardeners for years to come. (Patty Jessome Edmonton Sun )

Demystif[ies] the diversity and celebrate the adaptability of the various hybrids... clear, concise format, detailed descriptions, and superlative color photography. (Carol Haggas Booklist / RBB )

Everything you need to know... I found this book to be an informative, enjoyable, easy read. (Leigh Ann Weynerowski Independently Reviewed )

Emphasizes the romance of these flamboyant, once-rare blooms... a directory of hybrids and her own growing secrets. (Jane Gadd Globe and Mail )