How To Grow Skyscraper Lilies, Growing Giant Lilies, Get Gardening

How To Grow Skyscraper Lilies, Growing Skyscraper Lilies, Growing Giant Lilies, Lily Flowers, Get Gardening

This is my starting video of a How To series on Skyscraper/Giant/Tree Lilies.

Some of the first plants that I grew as a child were Lilies, the smaller trumpet types, and I absolutely loved them. I loved the intensity of flower colours, the flower shape and the shear size of flower produced, on a stem that didn't look capable of holding such a thing.
So, when I saw these Skyscraper type Lily growing as part of trial crops a few years ago I knew that I had to grow some.

The first Skyscraper Lilies that I grew were at my previous place of work but the ones that are featured in this video are the first that I am growing for myself, at home.

The two varieties that I am growing produce large flowers that are classed as highly perfumed.
First variety is 'Anastasia', a pale pink flower with darker pink margins and pale pink throat.
Second variety is 'Miss Peculiar', creamy yellow flower with deep egg yolk yellow margins and throat.

The bulbs are being started indoors and earlier than if planted directly outside, as I want to make sure the plants establish prior to planting into larger containers as the season progresses.
I am using 1litre (13cm) sized pots to start the bulbs in, remembering to label each plant as potted as otherwise you won't know the difference until they flower!

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