Hi Denise,
Not sure about your zone, but in mine, if I plant lily bulbs in fall they generally bloom on time the following year and if I plant them in the spring they bloom later the first year and then on time the following year. They tend to be shorter the first year or so regardless.
As far as I know both ways work, but depending on the type of lilies your talking about a spring planting is sometimes your only option. Martys only like to be planted in the fall although I have succeeded with plantings at both times, with more favorable growth the first year with a fall planting.
I'm like you and like to mix my lilies in with other plantings. I have well over 100 varieties now so I guess you could call me addicted too!!

Flora

p.s. Who said foliage is ugly (Sphinx)

with the final result (Sphinx)

Denise, when you refer to "tiger lilies" ... do you really mean lilies with foliage like the 2 pictures above?

Or do you mean daylilies, which are not really lilies?

Daylilies:
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Lily Blossom
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Daylily blossom:
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I was referring to a lily when I said tiger lily. It has since died, but it was orange with spots on it. I guess I didn't try too hard to keep it alive. It was a lily from my mom's garden from the 1970s and I never really liked the color that much, even though I am now into oranges.
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures, flora2b and pamghatten! I did plant a few dayliles last year so am hoping to see some growth and flowers this year.

I assume this is what you were referring to as 'tigerlily'

I did some reading and finally figured out what a 'real' tiger lily is. L. Lancifolium, right? I now realize the lily I had was an asiatic which happened to be orange and had some spots on it! My mother has always referred to it as a tiger lily. I will have to set her straight! :)

flora, your Sphinx look like Cocktail Twins. Check out the attached link.

And here is my Sphinx.
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lila

Here is a link that might be useful: Cocktail Twins

Hi Lila,
As you know, lilies are one of the worst for being misnamed so I can only tell you that I bought this as 'Sphinx' from a reputable dealer and thus have called it that. Does yours have the dark purple stem or do experience differences from year to year? The flower of this lily seems to be quite variable for me and that is reiterated on a plant site [(google sphnix lily...go to Plant Files) this site is banned from posting on gardenweb]. Not sure your link supports mine being Cocktail Twins either but would need more info to determine.