Comments on: An Unexpected Visitor http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34778 CherryPie Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:59:03 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34778 It was a first for me and I felt priveliged to have dropped lucky at just that one special moment in time. It was a first for me and I felt priveliged to have dropped lucky at just that one special moment in time.

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34763 London Caller Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:28:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34763 Wow, I have not seen this type of lily before! Wow, I have not seen this type of lily before!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34667 CherryPie Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:37:34 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34667 :-) :-)

]]> By: Barbara http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34657 Barbara Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:21:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34657 Memories of our visit there. Memories of our visit there.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34605 CherryPie Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:40:15 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34605 Fascinating, thank you :-) I had never heard of Cardiocrinum before. I don't think I will be introducing them into my garden. I like low maintenance, easy to maintain. I have at long last got around to treating my garden to a little TLC and it is begining to take shape again. Fascinating, thank you :-) I had never heard of Cardiocrinum before. I don’t think I will be introducing them into my garden. I like low maintenance, easy to maintain. I have at long last got around to treating my garden to a little TLC and it is begining to take shape again.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34604 CherryPie Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:37:20 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34604 Inside photography is allowed but I didn't take any. The place was busy and they would have just been happy snaps rather than decent photos. I don't know what the do with the lilies after they have bloomed but I expect they collect and use the seeds. Inside photography is allowed but I didn’t take any. The place was busy and they would have just been happy snaps rather than decent photos.

I don’t know what the do with the lilies after they have bloomed but I expect they collect and use the seeds.

]]> By: wiggia http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34586 wiggia Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:41:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34586 You can purchase (at a premium) Cardiocrinum bulbs that are at or near flowering size, and once they die down, (they do die after flowering) planlets and off shoots are left, the only problem is they in turn take the seven years to come to fruition. So if you really want them in your garden you have to be very patient or bite the bullet and pay. There are other Lilies that will give you as much pleasure in different ways with much less hassle. Sorry to go on, but many Lillies do require specific growing conditions without which they often just fade away and many of the species are very susceptible to botrytis and the therefore the source you get them from is important. You can purchase (at a premium) Cardiocrinum bulbs that are at or near flowering size, and once they die down, (they do die after flowering) planlets and off shoots are left, the only problem is they in turn take the seven years to come to fruition.
So if you really want them in your garden you have to be very patient or bite the bullet and pay.
There are other Lilies that will give you as much pleasure in different ways with much less hassle.
Sorry to go on, but many Lillies do require specific growing conditions without which they often just fade away and many of the species are very susceptible to botrytis and the therefore the source you get them from is important.

]]> By: ubermouth http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34584 ubermouth Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:31:33 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34584 Did they let you take photographs inside? I would have loved to have seen that. Where do you find all these places to visit? Once the lilies have bloomed do they dig them up? Did they let you take photographs inside?

I would have loved to have seen that. Where do you find all these places to visit?

Once the lilies have bloomed do they dig them up?

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34575 CherryPie Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:02:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34575 I had not heard of the flower until I saw it yesterday. It is a wonderful display and I feel privileged to have seen it in flower. I had not heard of the flower until I saw it yesterday. It is a wonderful display and I feel privileged to have seen it in flower.

]]> By: rusty duck http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/06/23/an-unexpected-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-34573 rusty duck Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:11:42 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13081#comment-34573 I once tried to grow Cardiocrinum, unsuccessfully. The display at Dunham Massey is fantastic! I once tried to grow Cardiocrinum, unsuccessfully. The display at Dunham Massey is fantastic!

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