Plants for Occasions

Re: oriental lilies

Mediterranean Gardener — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:22:13 GMT

thks, but what about those things that are sprouting new leaves? is it a new plant coming up?

how do i go about removing them and storing them over autumn winter?

Re: oriental lilies

sue1002 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:46:17 GMT

Yes Mediterranean Gardener, when the plants have died back, you can split them to propagate and replant.

Re: oriental lilies

Mediterranean Gardener — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:39:55 GMT

hi, some of my lillies have now died back, here it is 30 degrees every day and very strong sunshine. Some birds have moved the mulch around the base of the lillies and I can see like small bulbs at the base. Some however have started sprouting leaves. Is this a resurgence of the plant?

Once the plants have died back can I remove the bulbs and split them to propagate?

Re: oriental lilies

Digger — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:31:21 GMT

Yes keep the compost in the pot moist even whilst they are finished flowering, ease off the water during the wintertime, the lilies will die back completely and be quite happy in the pot ,until next spring when the re emege you can begin giving planty of water and a feed as well.

Re: oriental lilies

lulou — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:51:17 GMT

Hi!

May I pick your brains please?

I am a complete novice also. My lilys do not have access to a garden and reside in a tub on a third floor balcony. The petals are all gone, I moved them to a more sheltered location and I snapped off the bit I was told was a seed pod, disrupting a spider. But, and this may be the dumbest question ever. Do I water them untill they die back and can I just leave them in their tub, obviously mixing some new soil in, over winter?

Re: oriental lilies

bigsusan55 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:04:18 GMT

Have lots of pots of lilies, oriental, asiatic, mixtures and hybrids, then as each comes into flower get the OH to move them into the garden to enjoy them!

And, unfortunately, in my profession I get to smell lots of incontinent old ladies (and gents, yeugh!) and can assure you that lilies don't even come close!

Re: oriental lilies

headfullofbees — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:02:35 GMT

To me, Oriental lillies smell like incontinent old ladies, so I grow Asiatic lillies instead.

Re: oriental lilies

Digger — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:11:46 GMT

I am not sure in days how long an oriental lilies should last but they are not known for their longevity, you should have several flowers per stem though and they open in succession to give a longer display

Re: oriental lilies

Mediterranean Gardener — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:29:39 GMT

well am disappointed that there won't be more flowers later in the season. they came and went pretty quickly for me. they only lasted about 10 days, is this normal for lilies?

I ask because I am in the Med and temperatures are different and according to the package the lilies were meant to flower in Jun and they started flowering in April. so i always view the guidance as being slightly off because of the much milder and warmer conditions here. how long do the blooms last? perhaps the strong sun kills them off sooner here?

I've attached a link to a gallery of some close ups on cacti I am growing, couple of amarylise there as well.

http://my.imageshack.us/my_gallery/

Re: oriental lilies

Digger — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:35:32 GMT

It's quite alright to ask my friend that's what the forums here for, you've asked some good questions there, usually i snap off the pod part at the top of the spent flower stem and leave the rest of the stem in situ. Removing the seed pod prevents the bulbs energy being "wasted" producing seeds but alas it won't encourage futher flowers to grow that season, once the stem is removed entirely you are correct in your assumption that the show is over for that season, I give my lilies lots of feed to encourage big flowers and good bulb growth I use fish blood and bone in the soil and a liquid feed once they are in active growth.

Re: oriental lilies

Mediterranean Gardener — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:48:49 GMT

do you remove the pd by snapping it off the stem or cut the flower bearing part of the stem just above a leaf? does removing the stem or pod actually encourage more flowers to form? I cut them off a 2-3 weeks back but see no sign of any growth on the plant.

I take it once you cut the whole stem with flowers on there is no further growth above ground.

sorry for being such a novice at this, I really have only started gardening now

Re: oriental lilies

Digger — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:42:51 GMT

Of course you are right, I shall ignore Oh's complaints This year the flowers will be enjoyed in the garden and then gifted to other ladies who frequent my garden during the summer, now meditteranean gardener, I cut the whole stem of the flower for use in the vase, if i leave a flower on outside and it gets pollinated the petals fall away leaving a large tri sided pod, in order to prevent energy being lost on forming seeds I remove pod by snapping it away from the stem, this leaves the stem in situ ready to die back and the bulb can absorb the nutrients? this may be hogwash about the nutrients but i'm just presuming it. anyway at the end of the year the job lot will die back to ground level and if you lift the bulb before the warmth of springtime sets them into growth you will get loads of baby bulbils around the parent bulb, plant them on and they will grow into good uns in a couple of years, each bulb when mature should produce one good stem and maybe a smaller one. I feed my lilies as much liquid fertiliser as they can drink and i enrich the soil with q4,

Re: oriental lilies

Hellebore — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:38:35 GMT

Digger, any man that sends, grows or otherwise procures lilies for me wins my heart, but then I'm lucky enough not to suffer from hay-fever, yet! Best not take OH's rejection personally. Wouldn't do if we were all the same!!

Re: oriental lilies

Mediterranean Gardener — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:59:46 GMT

hi, am new to gardening, i've planted lilies and the flowers have come and petals dropped off after a week or so. to encourage them to grow more flowers what do i do? do i cut the remains of each flower or the whole stem?

when u cut the flowers to bring indoors do you cut the whole stem? if u do does it regrow?

i am in Gibraltar hence its sunny and they have grown quickly

VMT

Re: oriental lilies

Foxnfirefly — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:38:52 GMT

Thanks for answering for me to Susiq, Anemone and bogweivel. There is another much more common variation to that--MAO at the end, but I wasn't sure how acceptable it is on a royal British forum and opted out of using it.

Poor Digger, I hope you can find a way to enjoy your lilies. The greenhouse and giving away sounds nice