Be careful planting these (or having them in the home) if you or your neighbors have cats. This plant is extremely toxic and can cause kidney failure!
They look great tho outside of this PSA.
Outdoor cats (any animal) at wild are illegal outdoors in my city, so that’s more the owners issue here, but great PSA, we will definitely have to be careful if we cut them and bring them in the house though, we have indoor cats. I always try to wash my hands after handling the bulbs/blooms.
I would argue you shouldn't even bring them inside. The amounts necessary for toxicity are insanely low..like a bit of pollen, a small clipping of the leaves or stems, a small puddle of water left behind from rinsing; all of these are potentially toxic to your kitties.
Also side note, illegal or not, cats get out / get lost. Its a bit callous to hold the cats in your neighborhood up to standards of the "law" and careless owners / accidental runaways.
I have these too, I call them my zombie lilies. Mine are already done blooming tho :(
Oh man, this is just the start of my Lille garden blooming, my roses bloomed a few days ago. My columbines are mostly spent, a second round of smaller flowers are coming through though.
These are gorgeous! Beautiful colors, and it looks like a lot more to come! ❤️
Hemerocallis for anyone interested in them
I believe they are oriental Lilies, planted an assortment of oriental and asiatic iirc.
If they don't smell and tend to stay a lot shorter, they're more likely to be the asiatics. If they grow a lot taller and have a smell (that I personally love), they're probably the oriental type.
Trumpet and daylilies (along with lily of the valley, calla lily, toad lily, easter lily, turk's cap, and several others, are a lot easier to tell apart based on looks, but the Asiatic and Oriental types always confuse me until I smell them!
Some references (which, I have to use something as reference every year):
- https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1096
- https://worldoffloweringplants.com/difference-asiatic-oriental-lilies/
- https://www.thespruce.com/asiatic-lily-care-guide-7510540 (which is where I get reminded "Unlike Oriental lilies, which bloom in late summer and are known for their aroma, Asiatic lilies bloom in late spring or early summer and have little to no scent.")
