About 2 weeks ago, I noticed bulbils on dying lily stems(that grow in pots in summer and get stored in my garage for winter). I pushed the stem over to make contact with the soil and weighted it with a small plastic flower pot. Here are the results ! New lilies(see red circles) in the middle of winter. If they had not made contact with the soil they would have simply died.
"If I keep a green bough in my heart, a singing bird will come"
Ya done good, GF! And that was exactly the right thing to do. Now come spring, gently lift and pot them on their own or in a community pot so they don't have to compete with the mother bulb for anything and sprinkle in some bone meal when you pot them up. It will help! and won't hurt! Use a slow release fertilizer and a dose of Superthrive (drop a gallon) every time you water and by fall they will be nickle sized. Next spring move them on again and continue to do so until they are big enough to bloom, usually just a couple of years!
Good Luck and have FUN!
Rebecca
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Keep reminding me about the Superthrive, Rebecca! I'd really like to try that this year.
Cathy, I have lilies growing from bubils that dropped into pots of daylilies. Those mostly came from Tom's lilium that he sent me years ago. Now, they have started blooming and what a thrill!
Ann B.
Zone 9a
Gulf Coast
Originally Posted by Ann B.
Ann,
Can you remind us what "Tom's Lilium" looks like? Was that a Tiger Lily?
Rebecca
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Yes!
It is a Tiger Lily! And I've thoroughly enjoyed them!
Ann B.
Zone 9a
Gulf Coast
Just watch those bulbils as as beautiful as the Tiger Lily is it can become quite invasive! I'm still removing seedlings from a corner bed where I had to remove some that were trying to take over!
They are such a rugged and vigorous lily I can't not have them, just keep them away from all other lilies as they are susceptible to a lily virus and can carry it and not be affected/infected.
Rebecca
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
OMGoodness, Rebecca. That's the first time I've heard about Tiger being a carrier. What are the signs of the illness? I've let them mix in one of my beds. I better round them up this summer before they get out of hand
Patsy
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