More to come. This may be lily heavy.....

Simply beautiful blooms! Lilies and all!!

wow!!! What a stunning array of flowers, especially the yellow lilies, and beautiful photography too. Does your Rosanna repeat for you? I planted a grafted bare root this spring from Palatine and have only had one flush and next to no new growth. Hopefully I'll get repeat bloom with age.

sharon

Inspiring, hcarnevale! What a beautiful variety of lilies you have. You've paired them up so well with each other and with your roses. I wonder if the bulbs I bought this spring (and didn't get planted) are still worth planting this late for next year? I definitely need more lilies after seeing your photos. Boscobel looks just right nestled in the coreopsis.

Ramona does repeat here. I got mine from Palatine about 4 years ago. It has been growing as a free standing shrub against my house. This year I finally built her a trellis to climb. I’m pulling her canes more laterally to see if she blooms even better.

Flowers- if the lily bulbs aren’t totally dried out, you can still plant them. They might come back next year.

i have a large lily bed for cutting. I’ve been slowly moving some of them into the rose border over the last few years. I do like how they look when in bloom with the roses and other perennials. I’m planning on moving a lot more later this summer.

What a spectacular display! My second flush of blooms on my 3 roses just finished, but I see some more buds. More, more!

Beautiful!

I love lilies and yours are i incredible. Don't you just love Fiji?

What an absolutely gorgeous garden, and your companion plants are divine.

Wow your garden is spectacular!! I must get lilies next year ( and plant them! I bought some too flowers and they got forgotten about :/ ) . I bet your garden smells like heaven! I love the coreopsis too.

I love lilies, next year even more

Your garden is just lovely! I’m having a case of lily envy indeed. This does make me wish a bit that I had not removed many of mine.

The few lilies that I have are blooming while the roses are taking their heat-of-summer break. That's the great thing about them and makes me wonder why I don't have more.

hcarnevale, do you have any tips for growing them? Mine look a little bedraggled next to yours. I thought too much water might rot the bulbs, but they obviously need a boost of something. Do you use a special fertilizer? Extra bone meal?

Can I plant lilies with roses or should say around roses?

I have lilies with my roses

Everyone seems

Flowers, I find that my lilies are one of the easiest plants for me to care for. I start with good bulbs mainly from my favorite lily nurseries (The Lily Garden, B&D Lilies, The Lily Nook, Hallson Gardens, and a few local nursieries), plant them deep with a little Bulbtone, and then let them be. I do fertilize again early spring with a sprinkling of Bulbtone and maybe new compost and/or mulch. They are pretty disease and bug resistant for me. I do know that some gardeners have the dreaded red lily beetle to deal with. I try to plant different varieties so that I have some blooming from Spring through Summer. I have Asiatics, a few Orientals, and the majority are Orienpets ("Lily Trees").

Thank you so much, hcarnevale. I will check those bulb suppliers. I'm enjoying the few lilies I have, but would really love to have more next year. With summers getting hotter, so few roses provide color this time of year, but the lilies are thriving and looking better than they ever have. They're perfect to pick up the slack, and are beautiful in their own right. The only other color in the garden right now are phlox, and they, with the lilies, make a great combination.