nearly flowering Lily!!

Yay!! After a week of anticipation and constant monitoring my Lily buds are finally starting to open!!
Yay! :D Ya ta tataaaaa!! Do a little dance!
My 1st ever Lily flowers!!!
They don't seem to have opened very much since this morning though. How long should it take?

 

One is open!!! Yippee!! Looks gorgeous but no sign of the promised fragrance :(

 

Sadly some varieties don't smell- I find there is either lots of scent or none at all. To get scented ones you will have to check the variety when you buy. I have some that don't smell, but the flowers compensate. Hope you enjoy yours!

 

the label said fragrant :( It's an Asiatic Lily - Muscadet, but it doesn't seem to have any smell. Suppose that's what you get for buying plants from B&Q!!!!

 

Yay - I bet theyre gorgeous with or without scent! I had 2 stargazer lillies come up this year - gawd knows where from, we've been here 2 yrs and they werent there last year!!Lovely surprise though

 

OOh! They're the best kind of plants, the ones that just appear My neighbour has a bamboo that just appeared from nowhere at the end of her garden. It's in the perfect position and now is a good 8ft high x 6ft wide. Unfortunately all I seem to get is weeds! :rolleyes:

 

UPDATE***
The lily flower is now fully open and it smells and looks fabulous. See, I always said you get quality plants from B&Q :D :D

 

Great! I' ve just looked at that variety,looks lovely and if it smells like my asiatic ones you should well pleased. Some people find the smell overpowering!

 

Morning Liz,
The smell is fantastic and with loads more buds ready to open it's going to be really strong. Unfortunately, my 5yr old got a bit too close when smelling it and now has an orange face! Looks like she's been tango'd :D

 

Have you got cats windy as apparantly Lilys are poisonous to them..

I love their perfume but have cats so can't really grow them.

Stingo

 

Morning Stingo,
Yes I've got 2 rescue cats so I've got the Lilies in a 3ft high pot on the patio so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem as the pollens way too high for them to brush against. Fortunately the cats are far too preoccupied catching voles,mice and slow worms to bother with flowers :eek: :( :D

 

I have had both lilies and cats for more years than I care to mention. I grow them in containers and have never had a problem. I think if they were in the ground I would worry, but anyway only found out recently that there is a poroblem- I think Michaelmasdaisy posted a link about it soon after I joined.