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oriental lilies

Last post 03-08-2009 8:22 PM by Mediterranean Gardener. 30 replies.

• 08/08/2008 04:36 PM

  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact I have loads of oriental lilies in the garden enough to have lots of cut flowers, the trouble is OH claims that they make her hayfever worse, last time i cut some she gave them to Kelly over the road, I've just cut some more and this time our friend Shelly has come to visit and so I said that she could have the lilies because OH was ungrateful and didn't want them, then just as Shelly was going Kelly came over to ask for some more lilies? so I said she could have the next ones that I cut, because the bunch is so big we will have to take them to Shelly's house ourselves later on, I told OH that most girls would be very pleased to have lilies given to them and both Shelly and Kelly agreed that they would, and OH said "I'M not most girls digger". So I said OH should be appreciating not complaining. the things is we have four vases full of sweetpeas in the front room and OH wants to keep those? digger

• 08/08/2008 05:32 PM	In reply to
  carolyna Location: Newton-le-Willows Joined on: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 43	Reply | Contact If hayfever is caused by pollen, then lillies with the pollen removed should be alright.  Maybe she doesn't like the smell?

• 08/08/2008 05:41 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200

  Reply | Contact  I suffer with hayfever but still like flowers indoors.  I've got two vases of sweetpeas on the go indoors and another vase of flowers all in the same room.  I quite often think of cutting some of the taller flowers from the garden to bring indoors and then OH tells me to leave them in the garden for the colour and he buys me a bunch, aint he sweet?   Lilies do smell gorgeous but a lot of people associate them with death as white lilies are mostly given in sympathy, perhaps your OH is trying to spare your feelings digger sue1002

• 08/08/2008 05:46 PM

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  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575

  Reply | Contact Oh digger.  I adore the heady scent of oriental lilies but it can make my eyes stream if I sit in the same room as them so I put them in the hallway.  My aunt has really bad asthma and she can't be in the same house as lilies even though she loves them too.  It makes no difference if the pollen thingys (are they anthers?) are removed, I cut them off if I have lilies in the house because of the mess.  Even with the vase in the hall she still gets breathing difficulties.  It's a shame but not a big problem as she's only here now and then. Anemone

• 08/08/2008 05:49 PM	In reply to
  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,104	Reply | Contact Oh Sue Anyway I thought it was chrysanths that were associated with death? Yes Sue1002, that's really sweet of OH! I've got some sweetpeas indoors and some really tall crocosmia, I did buy a bit of gyp tho' to go with the croc - must try and grow some gyp next year. When I've tried in the past its always turned out to be really floppy stuff, not like the gyp you get in the shops

• 08/08/2008 05:52 PM

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  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact Hi OH has asthma but she claims the lilies have given her a sore throat now???I love the fragrance of lilies, the ones here are yellow and some red ones, we are going to take them to Shelly's soon, OH has told me that I should either leave them in the garden or give them away, because when she said they were making her ill I said, "right then I shall find another girl who would like them instead" this should have prompted OH to say "no i'll keep them" but she said "I will give them to the next person I see"they can be overpowering sometimes and at the moment we can't smell the sweetpeas at all because of them, but I do like them soooo much digger

• 08/08/2008 10:21 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact I have consulted Mrs Bogweevil and she thinks you were being tested - the correct response was to grub and burn every lily.   Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 08/08/2008 11:18 PM	In reply to
  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575	Reply | Contact But would you have passed that test Boggy? Anemone

• 09/08/2008 12:54 AM

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  Foxnfirefly Location: Virginia,USA Joined on: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 165

  Reply | Contact This is all great!!!  ROTFL!!!!!! Digger--I'm with you on the Oriental lilies.  I love them, too, and have some.  "Casa Blanca" is my favrite one.  But I know that their pollen is potent and can make you kerchoo so hard that the curtains stir if brought in the house.  And if someone is hypersensitive to pollen, as is your OH, it probably is a constant irritation.  Like snoring in bed, that can get serious.  So, you can stay on her good side and still enjoy your lilies by leaving them in the garden.  They really are better out there, to see and smell.    I think white lilies are associated with spring and romance, but gladiolus, especially red or purple ones (?) are  majestic spiraling symbols of sympathy

• 09/08/2008 10:11 AM

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  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact Hi all, Well I've failed the test then grub and burn, not a chance, I think the rest of them will have to stay in the garden then. I wonder what the cosequences of failing the test will be? now the OH does like the glads but then they've no fragrance. I don't know what  to think, flowers with no scent are okay (ish) ,maybe I'll have to cut the flowers and have them in the greenhouse. digger

• 09/08/2008 01:20 PM	In reply to
  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,104	Reply | Contact

• 09/08/2008 01:25 PM	In reply to
  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 1,104	Reply | Contact Sorry Foxnfirefly - I'm being dippy here - what does ROTFL mean? I adore lilies, how about a market stall Digger

• 09/08/2008 04:26 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I could sell a few stems but then again I can't be bothered, I shall try to enjoy them in the garden,which is where the most folk think i should keep them, maybe I could offer a few stems to the local ladies for their front rooms digger

• 09/08/2008 05:14 PM	In reply to
  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575	Reply | Contact "Sorry Foxnfirefly - I'm being dippy here - what does ROTFL mean?" Susiq, that's one thing having teenagers does teach you is all the text talk - Rolling On The Floor Laughing.  Another derivation of it that they and their friends use is ROFLPMP.  The first 5 are the same and if you can't guess the rest I'll have to PM you!     Anemone

• 09/08/2008 05:33 PM

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  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043

  Reply | Contact  Anemone wrote the following post at 08-08-2008 11:18 PM: But would you have passed that test Boggy? The test would never have arisen -  the  proper basis of wife management is anticipation - I would have anticipated her reaction to lilies and would have grown some other flower to lay at Mrs Bogweevil's lovely little feet. I did not know what ROTFL meant either however there is no  need to expose yourself to ridicule from yoof by seeking an explanation, thanks to Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil