Transplant offsets in late fall after the stem dies back.

Karen, regarding Casa Rosa, I had been wishing someone would eventually have a discussion. I had ordered it a few years ago and some of the varieties I received including C.R. did not bloom as described. In this e-mail I will refer to Casa Rosa and My Fair Lady specifically, as those have been my greatest puzzle. Neither bloomed as described. C.R. was to be warm mauve pink with a blushed rose center. M.F.L. was to be rose pink with a band of yellow at the base. These have developed into nice plants but look nothing like their description. Can you tell me what your C.R. looks like? The fact that it does not seem to be available any longer, may point to the fact that the hybridizing has not been uniformly succesful. C.R. was supposedly created from an Easter Lily and a pink asiatic and was to have a trumpet like appearance from it's Easter Lily heritage. Does your C.R. have the large deep rose-red center blush which I had seen in the original catalog picture? If so, I am sure it is a striking looking plant. As to the one called My Fair Lady, I will assume that what I received was something else also. Thanks.

Lily grower,if your go to www.Mondiallelies.nl and click on Longiflorum you will find a picture of Casa Rosa.
It was a stable hybrid, but the leaves were very prone to scorching,in hot weather,hence it was useless as a cutflower,as far as I now the bulbs are no longer available.

Thank you, RWH9, I found the picture of Casa Rosa on the site you suggested and it is exactly what was being offered for sale in the U.S. a few years ago. Your information on why it was withdrawn from sale enables us to know what happened to this lily. The site is a great pictorial source of information. I spent a lot of time on it and have bookmarked it to return again and again. For instance I was amazed how many lilies there are in the L.A. range that begin with the word "Royal". I hope others will find the site you suggested useful and enjoyable for viewing an enormous number of lilies. Although I still do not know the name of the lily that was substituted for Casa Rosa when the bulbs were bought, I am calling it Kiss Me Kate Two, as it most closely resembles that lily in many ways. Thank you.

Lily Grower - I'm anxious to see mine bloom again so I can double check the color. I put in a variety of hybrid lilies a year ago last fall and have confused their coloration in my mind - I'll have to see the rebloom. Fortunately I have them labeled, so I'll check and make notes. I do remember that Casa Rosa and one of the other lilies were extremely tall. I had planted them in large pots the previous fall and sunk the pots in the vegetable garden. In the spring, I set the pots in large crocks and placed them around the garden. Casa Rosa and one other type were so tall and full of blooms that garden visitors took pictures of their families standing by the lilies (our garden was on the community's garden walk). One of the two tall lillies was a deep mahogony color - but I think it was the other lily. Guess I'll have to wait for July's bloom to double check. It's interesting to see why they discontinued the lily - I didn't have any scorching with mine, but we're in Northern Michigan and we did have a cool summer. Thanks for all your input.