Flower Garden Tips : How to Plant Lilies in Pots
Lilies are a delight to have in your garden, but also look great when they are planted in containers. Learn how to plant your lilies in pots or ...
Home & Garden: Fall Bulb Planting, still plenty of time for tulips, lilies
As we clean up the flowerbeds for the winter, it is time to think of adding bulbs to bloom next spring. It is probably too late now to plant daffodils, as they need a very long time to develop their roots, but there is still plenty of time left to plant tulips and lilies.
A ‘bulb’ is any plant that stores its complete life cycle in an underground storage structure that has the nutrient reserves to insure the plants’ survival. Bulbs or bulb-like plants are usually perennials and have a period of growth and flowering followed by a period of dormancy. Spring bulbs die back to ground level in late spring or early summer. They start to grow again in the fall to flower again the following spring.
There are two kinds of true bulbs. Some have a protective paper-like covering, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, grape hyacinths (muscari) and alliums. These bulbs do not have to be planted right after digging, but they should be kept in a cool, dry place until they can be planted. The lily is an example of a bulb that does not have a tunic or protective covering. Lilies must be kept constantly moist before they are planted so that the delicate scales are not injured by drying out. There is a saying that the best time to plant a lily is fifteen minutes after they are dug.
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