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Multiplying Lilies by the Scales

Belgianpup
18 years ago

I have a pretty Oriental lily with orange strokes down the center of each petal that I would like to propagate. A friend said that I could snap off some of the scales from the bulb and grow them. I tried a couple, but it didn't look like any base came with it, it just snapped off straight across the scale, about 2/3 from the top. Is this right? It looked... incomplete.

Should I use a knife or something to get the base of the scale?

And how deep should they be planted?

Sue

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