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Thu, Aug 3, 06 at 21:11
| I want to plant some Casablanca lily bulbs, so that I may cut them at various times and give them to the SO. I live in Los Angeles, and have sandy soil around my property at different degrees of sunniness and facing different cardinal directions, mostly directly against one wall or another. What should I know?
(Looks like I'm going to order them from Scheepers, though I don't know when I should place the order) |
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| If your going to be cutting them. usually they won't rebloom the next year. |
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- Posted by lilium_guy56 4a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 11, 06 at 1:49
| I think fivemeows is somewhat in error. I am in upper NY zone 4a so you have to treat Lilies differently than I do. First of all Lilies are quite strong plants. BUT they can not take being totally water logged for a long period of time. Planting them next to a wall MAY keep them water logged from your roof run-off if it rains a lot. And you get rain. I'd plant them somewhere besides right next to the wall. Second, Lilies being like Tulips and DAFFodils NEED to be frozen for a wintering period to regrow each year. You will need to dig them up after the foliage turns brown and place in a non-growing substance like sawdust then put them in the freezer for 6-8 weeks. 12 weeks if you like. Then you can replant them outside they will regrow. being in the snow country I don't have to dig mine up. But you can leave DAHLIAS outside all year where I can not. |
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- Posted by mac_girl_81 10 - ENCINO, CA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 14, 06 at 19:34
| Question: where should i freeze it? in a regular freezer (the one that we make ice) or regular refrigerator? |
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