Our classifications and dates included in descriptions
have been taken from the Royal Horticultural Society
Registry of Lilies. All spellings have been
taken from this official registry as well, therefore
you may find discrepencies between our listings and
someone else's. Rest assured ours is correct,
as per the Registry. Descriptions are taken in part
from the registry, and we've added our own observations
as well.
In our Canadian
Breeder pages, the listing generally follows the
following format:
Lily name - year bred where known,
followed by (year registered and by whom if not the
breeder). Description followed by [classification].
If NR is in the description
this means it has never been officially registered,
or registration of that name was rejected for whatever
reason.
Example:Alice Moger
- (1994 B. Strohman) Pale yellow-green
grows deeper colored in center of each petal.
White throat, with a halo of brown spots around center
of flower. Heavy substance in the petals.
Grows 2 feet tall, blooms July. [Ib]
This example is taken from the Fellner page and tells us the lily Alice
Moger was registered in 1994 by Barrie Strohman
(but bred by Fred Fellner)
and is a sidefacing asiatic. Often times breeders
give their seedlings away - they are such a generous
lot, (as are most gardeners), and that person may register
the lily if the breeder does not, but must still give
credit to the breeder for the cross. Most often
a lily is bred and raised years before it is actually
registered, in order for it to prove its worthiness
as a good garden lily. I thought knowing how many
years a lily has been around is important information
in choosing garden lilies, as it displays their longevity.
DIVISIONS
I are Asiatics
II are Martagons
VI are Trumpets
VII are Orientals
VIII are Inter-divisional - includes Orienpets,
Longipets, Asiapets, LA hybrids, etc.
IX are Species
BLOOM ORIENTATION CLASSES
Flowers have different bloom orientations
and are divided into 3 classes: a, b, or c.
a = upfacing blooms
b = sidefacing blooms
c = downfacing blooms
Classes are indicated in brackets in
our descriptions for each lily. Example: [Ia]
means this is an upfacing asiatic. Sometimes the
bloom orientation is not included, as we haven't seen
it, can't remember what it is, or it wasn't included
in the RHS Registry.
