I call my garden paradise here in Small Town Tennessee Tiger Gardens. Tiger comes from combining my name and my husband's name (TI-from Ti-na and GER from Ro-GER. The name just seemed a good fit for our gardens and for us. So when my friend Skeeter asked me if I had tiger lilies for my garden and I replied no, she was shocked. Skeeter remedied it by giving me some tiger lilies. It has taken a few years but they have finally bloomed and look great in Tiger Gardens. In fact, the tiger lilies are one of the plants that look really good despite the dry summer. They are very visible and make quite a statement and I am loving them....
in Tiger Gardens....
Thanks Skeeter!
Thanks Skeeter!
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I love the story and LOVE tiger lilies. I don't think we can grow them down here though.
ReplyDeleteA couple years ago I went through a painting phase and one of my favorite pictures that came from this was a patining of a tiger lily. They are just so intriguing!
I'm so glad you were given the lily by Skeeter. It is befitting your gardens. They caught my eye while we were traveling the roads in N.C. I loved that lily & wish I could have them. I will have to check it out to see if it will grow here. They would look pretty with my white lilies that are in bloom now.
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ReplyDeleteTina,
ReplyDeleteI use to have the most beautiful double tiger lilies you’ve ever seen. I just loved them, but the dadburn squirrels dug them up. Well about the first of summer a few years ago I dug up cannas to give to a coworker, a few weeks later she came back and told me “I have the all these beautiful orange lilies growing up in my cannas, just tons of them!” they had replanted them and they went home with her in the clump, (along with four baby mice). I wanted to grab her and say give me back my lilies! LOL Now she has them all. :0(
That's too funny Randy.
DeleteSuch bold summer colors too~~!
ReplyDeleteNice! I need to add a few to my garden too.
ReplyDeleteOh Tina, I am so happy they are doing well for you! They are multiplying in my GA garden but at a slow pace. I am ever so happy with them but only wish those bright blooms would last longer then they do. I think they are the coolest looking blooms and make such a statement.
ReplyDeleteRandy, that is too darn funny about your lilies! You may have gotten the mice back as well. LOL…
Wow you have beautiful pictures...our garden is burning up in iowa...i am a little pug who just started to blog...stopped by to say hello! stella rose
ReplyDeleteStunning lilies! I especially like those tigers.
ReplyDeleteThose are so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteMine are just blooming in this drought and heat too
ReplyDeleteThey're beautiful Tina and what a great way to name your garden. I have Martagon lilies on my list of plants to buy, now I'm adding tiger lilies to the list as well.
ReplyDeleteThey are awesome!
ReplyDeleteThose are stunning. Beautiful photos of the tiger lilies.
ReplyDeleteYou should certainly have tiger lilies at Tiger Gardens.
I love the inspiration for the name of your garden. I'd seen tiger lilies before but never knew what they were called. I always thought, however, that there was something feline about them. Many thanks, your photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
I do like them as well. They keep spreading faster than I can give the bulbs away though. I'm catching up to my blogging friends as our computer died due to a virus. Then I had to go to the Mayo Clinic for some medical issues. Now repaired and with a new computer things are looking up around here.... :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I knew where your Tiger garden name came from, thanks for sharing! Love the tiger lily!! Your photos of it are wonderful.
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