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"Orienpet"
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can flower color vary in Orienpets? Because
of their complex ancestry and the interaction of many
pigments, Orienpet lilies often have more intensely
colored flowers in cooler weather. Heat and bright
light can lighten their colors. The same stem of ‘Smoky
Mountain’ may have some flowers heavily washed
in red, with just a touch of gold near the edges,
and golden flowers with a light watercolor wash of
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The “Orienpets” are
relatively new to the lily world, produced after
years of efforts to combine
the sublime beauty of the Oriental lilies with the more
garden persistent, heat tolerant and colorful Trumpet
and Aurelian hybrids.
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 ‘Radiance’is a luscious, deep raspberry color that glows from within! Cooler temperatures will intensify the color. ‘Radiance’ has an elegantly sculpted form with its wide-petalled “open face” fragrant flowers with a touch of elegant recurve. What a color! 4 to 6 feet, late
Dunyazade July/ early August.
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‘Conca
d’Or’ is a strong-growing
beauty from Holland. In most summer weather, the
full, Oriental-type flowers will be lemon yellow
with cream white outer edges, and do make excellent
cut flowers with their sweet (but not overpowering)
perfume. 3 to 4 feet, late July-early August.
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‘Rococo’ ( )
has stupendous rich golden flowers with elegant curving petals,
forming sculpted rococo “curlicues” at
their tips. This sturdy tetraploid has robust stems
with broad green leaves and the deepest yellow flowers
of any Orienpet! Sweetly fragrant. 4 to 5 feet, mid
July.
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‘Starburst
Sensation’ is a unique Orienpet bred in
Canada by Dr. Wilbert Ronald, and still marvelous after
25 years! Its starburst form, late flowering time, dark
glossy stems and spurred buds show its L. speciosum ancestry.
Its luminious flowers glow in the late summer garden.
3 to 5 feet, late July to early
August.
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‘Sarabande’ ()
has rich crimson “sunburst”
form flowers with wide white margins. We love the way its
many delicate red “whiskers” accent its deep
red throat and shimmering green nectaries. We also love
its strong stems! A fertile tetraploid. 4 to 6 feet and
taller when established, early August.
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‘Black
Beauty’ is the original clone, bred by Leslie Woodriff almost
50 years ago from Lilium speciosum rubrum and Lilium
henryi. It is a superlative garden plant, flourishing
in every climate, producing a cascade of the famous “black-red” tightly
recurved flowers. 3 to 5 feet and taller at maturity, mid
to late August.
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"Orienpet" hybrid
lily ‘Black Beauty’ full stem. |
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‘Arabesque’ (Schenk, intro)
has stupendous, long-lasting flowers of deepest glowing
velvety rose-red. The tree-like stems support
the graceful but enormous inflorescence of this winner
in the Popularity Poll. We had to use a saw to cut the
stems of well-established plants! ‘Arabesque’ has
growing vigor as well as size and substance, flourishing
even in hot summers. 4 to 6 feet, early to mid-August.
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