Lilies

It wasn't easy choosing this week's plant, quite a few plants were candidates, but in the end I chose two lilies.
My first attempts at growing lilies were not successful. I tried growing them in the ground, they would come up, and at around 20 cm high would be completely consumed. After a few years of trying I switched to pots, and this was great success. Most lilies have been living in their pots for a few years happily. The lily beatle is still a problem but picking them up regularly keeps them happy.

Most lilies finished flowering at the beginning of June but two are still holding on.
The first it Lily 'Avocado', an oriental trumpet hybrid, around 1m tall. It only just started opening.

Lily 'Avocado'

Another lily, which has been in flower for a few weeks is Lily 'Red County'. It has great colour, shades of red and orange. It grows it in full sun, it would be darker in colour if grown in semi-shade.

Lily 'Red County'

I put the pot among the wiry stems of Persicaria 'Red Dragon'. They make great companions.
Insects seem to like it too...