{"id":12997,"date":"2025-08-11T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/lily-selection\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:03:10","slug":"lily-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/lily-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"lily selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by <span class=\"hubmaster_faq_author\"><br \/> &#8211; <em>Jonathan C<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"hubmaster_faq_blockquote\"><p>Hi there,<br \/>\nI sent an information request over two weeks ago- no reply<\/p>\n<p>I have a wooded area that is naturally shaded and can be dry in the summer due to the tree canopy. Have grown Lily Garden party here and it grows but does not thrive. Can you suggest alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Regards<br \/>\nJonathan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"hubmaster_faq_answer\">\n<p data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"135\">Dear Jonathan,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"321\">Thank you for getting back in touch, and I\u2019m so sorry your earlier enquiry went unanswered \u2014 that\u2019s certainly not how we like to look after our customers. I appreciate your patience.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"514\">For a shaded, drier woodland spot, standard lilies can struggle, but <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"356\">Martagon lilies<\/strong> are a fantastic alternative. They\u2019re naturally more tolerant of shade, have charming downward-facing flowers, and return year after year with minimal fuss.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"768\">You might also enjoy mixing them with shade-loving bulbs such as <strong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"606\">Cyclamen hederifolium<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"623\">Erythronium<\/strong> (Dog\u2019s Tooth Violet), and <strong data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"670\">Anemones<\/strong>\u00a0for a layered woodland effect. All of these are available to pre-order now for autumn planting.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/home.php?cat=263\">Martagon Lilies<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/home.php?cat=296\">Cyclamen<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/Erythronium-Pagoda.html\">Erythronium Pagoda (harts1147)<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/Anemone-Blanda-Mixed.html\">Anemone Blanda Mixed (harts1143)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"hubmaster_faq_editor\">The Hart Family<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Jonathan,<br \/>\nThank you for getting back in touch, and I\u2019m so sorry your earlier.. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/lily-selection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-12997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq","tag-faq"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}