Re: Lilies
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- Subject: Re: Lilies
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 03:33:42 -0400
Normally, lilies don't really go totally dormant like tulips and
daffs and resent being dried off tremendously. Most of them aren't
ready to dig until late fall, which is why they are mostly sold in
fall for late planting - they won't hold over winter in a dry state
and they start growth fairly early in spring - too early for safe
digging and shipping then. If, however, a bulb supplier has the
means to keep them at the right temperature and humidity, they can be
dug in fall and held over for sale in spring. 'Spect that's what
Brent & Becky's did. The bulbs thought it was fine - they'd gotten
their cold treatment and were ready to go.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Lynn Lamb <lynnlamb@quik.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 10:42 PM
>
>
> Hi,
> I have a question. Why is it that White Flower Farm offers its
lillium
> bulbs in the Fall catalog to be planted in the fall and Brent and
Becky's
> Bulbs offer theirs in the spring to be planted in the spring?
Which is
> right for oriental lilies--fall or spring planting? I orderd 'Casa
Blanca'
> from Brent and Becky in the spring and they have been blooming
beautifully
> for several weeks now. I want to try some other orientals but am
confused
> about planting times. Any help here?
>
> thanks,
> Lynn Lamb
> NC, where we have been have a blessed thunderstom
>
>
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