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Easter Lillies

Posted by gardeningfireman 5-NEOhio (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 23:48

My wife & I give her mother an Easter Lily every year. She plants them outside when they are done blooming. Chipmunks get most of them, but the one we gave her several years ago is amazing. She has about fifty buds and blooms! Last year she sent me a photo of it with over twenty-five flowers on it. Has anyone else had such good luck with them? Wish I had a digital camera so I could post a picture!


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RE: Easter Lillies

After Easter our church always puts the spent lillies and tulips out for the taking. The lillies I've planted have all come up the next year, but none as large and heavily flowered as yours. This year I took some tulips for the first time. I planted them when they still had some green leaves. No idea if they will come up next spring, but it is worth a try.


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RE: Easter Lillies

I've had good luck with them, but not with that much bloom!

I don't think you'll find that the tulips will do much, thecook. Usually the forcing takes all the ooomph out of tulips. I've never had them do anything but have sickly leaves and not much bloom, like a spent tulip which has been in your garden for about 5 years.

Daffodils, of course, are always my first choice for rescue with oriental/easter lillies being the trump on top of that, but they are harder to get.


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RE: Easter Lillies

I've also had good luck. You can read more at the link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Holiday Lilies


 
 

 

 


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