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I generally have complete success with lilies until it comes to shade
types. Maybe it's all the tree root competion for moisture and
nutrients. Asiatics and Trumpets are easy; the former multiplying quickly,
the latter getting bigger underground until they split in two. Orientals,
not that good, they tend to be more wimpy for me. All the hybrids I've
tried - Orienpet, A/L hybrids grow big and healthy. Tiger Lily,
Lilium lancifolium spreads like crazy. Rodents rarely bother them, though
that could be because I was blessed with some wonderful cats over the
years. I have some lilies still that I bought 20 years ago.
Joanie, I assume you're following all the standard cultivation info for
lilies. Exposure, moisture, not pruning more than 1/3, and all that.
Do you frequently water the beds their in? You can rot them that
way. What's your soil like? Does it drain too quickly or not quickly
enough? When I plant bulbs I like to prepare the soil deeply so that the
soil below the bulbs where some of the roots will be will be loose too. I
fertilize at the time of planting but rarely after, only because I tend to
forget.
If you can share a little more detail about your location &
cultivation, maybe someone could suggest what you might alter & how.
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From:
J*@aol.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 10:13
AM
Subject: Lilies
Both of you mentioned lilies that I have grown and loved but I
haven't planted any in 3 years as most never return. It's depressing. Are
there any lilies that people have coming back for 5 or more years? If so,
what kind of situation are they in? Soil? Light? Do you feed them? Are
they planted in cages to deter rodents? I did hear that some species of lilies
are subject to disease but I haven't had any which did return that looked
ill in any way. Quite a few were, however, smaller than in the
previous year. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Joanie Anderson
In a message dated 6/12/2011 9:35:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
L canadense never did too well for me; wimpy,
perhaps too much competition. L henryi did better when it got more sun
than it has now; going to have to move him this fall. Had speciosum
probably 20 yrs ago. Don't know what happened to to it. Keep
meaning to get it again. Perhaps this fall. I 've had the species
martagon a couple of times; doesn't seem to stick around longer than 3 or 4
years? Rodents?
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From:
g*@netsurfusa.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:58
AM
Subject: RE: Help with Special
Plants/ Lilies
Joannie
Some of the lilies I am grown in a bit of shade are L. canadense, L.
speciosum in white and red, superbum in couple of bloom forms, L
pardalinum, several martagons, L. henryii. There are a couple more, but
cannot remember the names just off hand. I keep finding room and adding a
couple each year. Some of them will lean toward the prevailing light, but
that is OK with me. I especially enjoy them coming up out of some hardy
geranium.
Gene E.
Bush
Munchkin Nursery &
Gardens,LLC
www.munchkinnursery.com
Garden Writer - Photographer
- Lecturer
 
From:
owner-perennials@hort.net [mailto:owner-perennials@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Jeaa0088@aol.com
Subject: Re: Help with Special
Plants
Hi,
Gene...just back so am late responding to your interesting list. I'm going
to check these out but a question: as someone else posted, I mysteriously
lose lilies over the winter too...do you? I'd love to hear more about
lilies that do well in some shade as they're a real fave of mine.
Hydrangea relatives? Love to hear more about all when you have time. Glad
those of us in the upper mid-west can stop being slaves to the garden hose
for awhile now. Joanie Anderson
In
a message dated 6/6/2011 7:05:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:
e new epimedium, of course.
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