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I’ve been successfully growing oriental lilies in pots for some years now, but this summer something strange has happened: my pink stargazer lilies have bloomed a deep, rusty red and some of my other lilies have bloomed beautifully but have no scent. All of my lilies are fed, divided and re-potted on a regular basis. Any suggestions as to why this might have happened will be gratefully received!
Isn’t nature weird and wonderful!? Lilies can be affected by their environments sometimes and as we have had a particularly wet winter and an unusually hot summer it has affected the way our lilies have behaved this year. Sometimes lilies can revert back to one of the original breeds they have been bred with.
Loraine Hart
