541 Likes - October 2017 :)

A few book extracts from chapter 2, which offers a detailed look at 58 species, with a double page for each, with pictures of the flowers and bulbs for ID purposes

After 2 and a half years of work writing and compiling it, and almost 18 years taking and compiling the photographs, my book ´The Lily species and their bulbs' is finally finished :) 113 out of the 115 known lilium species pictured, as well as images of most of the bulbs. For ordering copies please e mail me at pontus.wallsten@bluewin.ch. Book price : 45 CHF Postage costs Europe Priority : 18 CHF Economy : 14 CHF Postage costs USA, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, China Priority : 30 CHF Economy : 17 CHF picture top and bottom left by the very talented Tamar Bazgadze :) @takobaz დიდი მადლობა very much :)

May is eremurus month at the nursery, the stunning eremurus joanna tower at over 2.5 m and robustus at over 2 m, a stunning sight!

A very good show in Coppet a few weeks ago, despite the cold april quite a few gems made it in bloom to my stand, and the forcing of the whine purple lilium formia ended up working as it opened the day before the show :)

Everything is in preparation at the chateau de Coppet! Come and see my stand from friday-sunday at the jardins en féte at the chateau de Coppet from 10-6 :)

May is sp paeonia time in the nursery showgarden! mlokosewitschii, berwerskyi and peregrina open their beautifull short lived bowls of beauty!

The second half of april was much colder than usual, with heavy morning frosts damaging lilium regale and other shoots. However, most fritillarias survived unharmed as well as sp tulips and cypripediums. The first arisaema thunbergii ssp urashima has also opened and so have the paris and iris germanica. Germanicas are earlier than usual this year due to the very warm march and first half of april

From mid-march to about early/mid april we went from winter to summer here with no transition through spring. 20-22"c every day with almost no rain. This advanced plants 2-3 weeks ahead of their usual blooming period. During this period, stars of the nursery showgarden where anonghst others : cyclamen repandum, daphnes, cypripediums, sp paeonia and various fritillarias as well as sp tulips. Various anemone sp where also in full bloom

Some rare lilium species are currently available in very small numbers, untill early april only, when they will start to grow again. From left to right, lilium concolor, callosum, and top lilium poilanei, and bottom lilium rubellum. please e mail for details at pontus.wallsten@bluewin.ch

With the sudden heat, spring is arriving fast at the nursery, with fabulousely fragrant daphne mezureum type sp and album, iris reticulata kuh-eh-abr, galanthus spindlestonr surprise, and many paeonia sp shoots already coming up!!

These young lilium sargentiae from stem bulbils are doing really well, with good feeding and good growth, they might be able to give their first flowers in 2-3 years from now/ this potfull is available for pickup at the nursery or at plant shows on my stand in april/may

#sos serrures!!

Almost like being in canada :)

Fabulous to have liliums still in bloom in #early November at the nursery :) #lilium primulinum burmanicum

Fabulous #indiansummer day today at the #nursery

True bueaty #red admiral #autumn beauty

#lilium #auratum #golden rayed lily of #japan

A plant of true #beauty has opened at the #nursery! The very #rare #cardiocrinum cordatum whine red form from #kyushu island in #japan