I could hardly look at your lilies for gawking at your gorgeous mountains and mist!

Wow! Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing these! How lucky you are to get to admire these in person!

Tall and stately! Don't you just admire a plant that stands tall and strong, and doesn't flop over.

I can't wait until my clump is that large but of course if I don't stop trading them it will never get there! lol Stunning is the right word for them!

Nancy

I have these in both my front and back yard. Lilium Superbum, or turk's cap lily. I got them 4 1/2 years ago, and they spread like wildfire after the 2nd year.

If anyone has any pink, Iwould love to trade a few with you!

Blessings, Tina

Thanks for the information. It is very interesting. EP

Your lillies are beautiful, your homesite is even more so.

Thanks for all the comments. I do feel fortunate to live in a place that offers such beauty...of course the reality of modern Japan is just as strong here. When I photograph Japan I try to focus on traditional or natural subjects, but you must realize this all is embedded in a decidedly modern landscape composed largely of concrete, steel, and conjestion that is at first very daunting. I live on the outskirts of most of that, yet it affects the community I live in as well. The city is spreading.

Also, these are not my lilies. They are growing in a small private garden next to one of the many rice patties here. I spied them one day on a bike ride, and took these pics. The mountains in the backround are often shrouded in mist even when it is not raining in the lowlands. After a typhoon has passed the surrounding mountains are covered in the most exquisite blanket of clouds. It is very hard to describe, but the first thought you have is "wow, the world is really mysterious!". PF