GENERAL DESCRIPTIONTHE HEAVY BLOOMING BOLD BI-COLOURED “NETTYS PRIDE” HAS LARGE UPWARD-FACING, WHITE PETALS WITH A SINGLE PLANT CAN PRODUCE AS MANY AS A DOZEN BLOOMS. THIS TALL ASIATIC LILY FLOWERS IN MIDSUMMER AND IS GREAT FOR CUTTING. THE FLOWERS ARE WHITE WITH A BURGUNDY/BLACK CENTRE. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE LOOK AND POP OUT IN ANY GARDEN“ASIATIC LILIES” ARE PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON AND EASILY GROWN TYPE OF HYBRID LILY. THEY TYPICALLY BEAR CLUSTERS OF WIDE-FLARING FLOWERS ATOP STRONG STEMS. THE UPRIGHT STEMS ARE LINED WITH GLOSSY GREEN, NARROW LANCE-SHAPED LEAVES. “ASIATIC LILIES MAINLY FLOWER IN MIDSUMMER AND ARE GREAT FOR CUTTINGMOST MEMBERS OF THE ASIATIC FAMILY FLOWER IN EARLY SUMMER AND GROW TO ABOUT 90 CM. THE BLOOMS ARE STAGGERED AT THE HEADS OF SLENDER STEMS AND THE PETALS ARE CURVED BACK UPON THEMSELVES TO SHOW OFF EYE-CATCHING STAMENSLILY BULBS SHOULD BE PLANTED IN HOLES SUCH THAT THE TOPS OF THE BULBS ARE ABOUT 12 CM UNDERGROUND. SPRINKLE A SMALL AMOUNT OF FERTILISER INTO THE HOLE BEFORE PLACING THE BULBS. LILIES PREFER FULL TO PARTIAL SUN AND NEUTRAL, WELL-DRAINED HUMUS-RICH SOIL. THEY ARE PERFECT FOR CUTTING GARDENS, SUMMER CONTAINERS AND MIXED BORDERS. IF THE LILIES GROW MORE THAN 90 CM, THEY MAY REQUIRE STAKING ALTHOUGH YOU WILL LIKELY FIND THE STEMS ARE INCREDIBLY STRONG. AS SOON AS BUDS FORM IS THE TIME TO BEGIN STAKING THE PLANTS. ASIATIC LILIES ARE THE FIRST LILIES TO BLOOM EACH SEASON AND THE BLOOMS ARE LONG LASTING IN THE GARDEN AND IN BOUQUETS THEY WILL MULTIPLY EACH YEAR AND EVERY FEW YEARS WILL REQUIRE THINNING, SO THAT THEY DON’T BECOME TOO CROWDED. ALLOW THE PLANTS TO DIE OFF NATURALLY RATHER THAN CUTTING THEM DOWN AFTER BLOOMING. THIS WILL ENSURE THE BULBS HAVE SEEN A FULL RETURN OF NUTRIENTS FROM THE PLANT BEFORE WINTER.
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