Monday, March 11, 2013

The Scent Of Fresh Lilies Does Wonders


Lilies are lovely for evening fragrance. At night they take a live of their own and spread their most welcome scent in the yard. More and more companies are using lilies in their perfumes formulas  and who to blame them?

It always lifts the spirits to arrive home and be greeted by beautiful flowers filling the air with exquisite and exotic perfumes. My mother in law always knew this, she had her lilies and she would pick some and hand them to her guests in the hot summer, and if she needed she would give them a fresh lemon. I thought that was one extra thing she does, but then as I have been around it, it really the little things that brighten your day.

Its white form is more useful and more beautiful too. They are not always an attractive perfume, but something tell me they communicate in other means. She had the oriental hybrid lilies that boast exquisite – sometimes almost overpowering – scent. There are dozens of different lilies out there. I believe she had the best she can find locally.


As easy as can be, the bulbs are best planted fresh in the autumn, although most bulb merchants supply them in late winter or spring. They’re in the shops now. Be sure they are fat and succulent. Most lilies prefer humus-rich, well-drained soil. All are helped – especially in heavy, clay soil like mine – by adding a handful of grit under the bulb when planting. This helps water drain away from the base of the bulb.

The batch she had has persisted for years.  If you buy just one plant and save your own seed then manage to grow a batch of seedlings, pot them individually – preferably in loam-based compost. As, they say back home every morning, May you Have a lilies filled day.

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