Oriental Stargazer

I was too tired last night to post this picture of the Oriental lilly packaging. They have the most beautiful flowers with five pink white petals with dark red spots. I imagine they will drop pollen on you if they touch you. I also read they are scented too.

When i moved into the flat in the bathroom the last people who lived here had left a rectangular glass vase with blue glassy beads, stones, and shells.

Four months later I emptied it, washed the glass clean, and put the lilly bulbs in it.

The lilly bulbs are now planted in soil, five inches down waiting to explode out with colour and fragrance.

I googled for an image of the flowers in bloom. A glass vase with compost in it is not exciting photo.

In the summer I will open the window so they can feel the warm sun, and breeze blowing through their stems.

I had to find something nice to grow on my windowsill. My orchid bulbs and seeds have still not come :(

The plants are slowly taking over the Flat. The ornaments on the windowsills have been pushed aside ready for the indoor greenhouse to expand.

I have no garden outside, but the best you can do is to replicate pieces of it indoors. I still need to work out which direction the windows are facing. Possibly East facing but a large flat blocks the view. The sunlight will be more diffuse.

Here is an image lifted from google of the Oriental Stargazer lilly in all its glory. I hope my bulbs live up to their potential.