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Feb 1, 2016 9:57 AM CST
Name: Critter (Jill)
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In front of the variety name, you'll see the number still needed to fill the order for a bag of 25. If you see a range like 0-10, that means the whole bag is accounted for, but somebody is willing to take more/less so that up to 10 are still available.

Varieties in BOLD we will definitely order. If a bag looks "full," it's still OK to ask for that variety... we may end up ordering another bag of that variety or juggling numbers (multiples of 3 rather than 5 perhaps). We're a cooperative group... hopefully everybody should get all the varieties they want, even if it ends up being fewer bulbs than they'd like... we seldom have to resort to "first come, first served."

Oriental and orienpet lilies are 85 cents per bulb. Stargazers are only 75 cents per bulb. Asiatic lilies are 59 cents per bulb. Prices do NOT include shipping and handling, but we're getting a break there too.

As usual, I'll add a small fee to cover costs associated with re-packaging, either a flat fee of $1-2 or a couple of percent of the total, whichever works out right. I will place our order with as much as 10% of the total bulbs not pre-sold. In the past, we have never had trouble selling off leftover bulbs at the end of a group buy... worst case scenario, everybody will be asked to chip in 10% extra and we'll split up or donate the leftover bulbs.

These bulbs have been frozen over the winter (standard procedure) and will start waking up as soon as they are shipped to me. I'll time their arrival for just before the spring swap, with enough lead time to be sure they'll get here and to get them sorted, but THEY WILL NEED PLANTING RIGHT AWAY.

a couple of sources advise POTTING lily bulbs for spring planting, putting in a cool spot (no aftenoon sun), and planting them in the ground once they have grown roots. That sounds like a good way to give them a boost... just don't leave them in a nursery pot (big container should be fine) over the winter.

VARIETIES ORDERED

ORIENTAL LILIES

0-5 Acapulco - 5-10 for Critter, 5 for Lisa, 5 for Aspenhill, 5-10 for Cara
hot hot pink, on the short side, maybe 2-3'

0-5 Entertainer - 20 for MeiraMalka, 0-5 for Critter

0-10 First Romance - 5-10 for Critter, 5-10 for Lisa, 5-10 for Cara
similar to Stargazer, in an 18" patio height

0-5 Hot Line - 5-10 for Critter, 10-15 for Aspenhill, 5-10 for Cara
white with hot pink edge http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com...

0-10 Stargazer - 15 for Critter, 5-10 for Cara

0-10 Red Eyes - 5-10 for Critter, , 5+ for Lisa, 5-10 for Cara

ORIENPET (OT) hybrids

0-5 Carbonera - 5-10 for Critter, 5 for Lisa, 5 for Aspenhill, 5-10 for Cara
raspberry red with deeper centers http://www.hartsnursery.co.uk/...

0 Nymph - 5 for Critter, 10-15 for Aspenhill, 5+ for Lisa, 5 for Cara
white with rosy-pink centers http://www.bdlilies.com/l9063....

0-10 Robina - 5-10 for Critter, 5-15 for Cara, 5 for Aspenhill

0 Zambesi - 5 for Critter, 20 for MeiraMalka
white with thin green mid-rib on petals

0-10 Yelloween - 5 for Critter, 5-15 for Cara, 5 for Aspenhill
clear yellow, to me looks more the color of 'Happy Returns' rather than 'Stella d'Or' daylily


ASIATIC LILIES
0-5 Black Eye - 5-10 for Lisa, 5 for Aspenhill, 5 for Critter, 5 for Cara
white w/large purple-black eye, variable dark edge, quite striking http://www.bdlilies.co/l1003.h...

0-15 Pacific Joy - 5-15 for Critter, 5-10 for Cara
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