Lilies: It's all about the Species, 0 by plntsrok

plntsrok wrote:
Thanks for the photo Galanthophile.
Perenniallyme, your experience with L. pardalinum is a bit better than mine has been, I have gotten no flowers in the past two years and one has grown to maybe a foot tall, no more. I have one plant which is still growing and green, although only 6-8 inches tall. I have also ordered some more from a different source, which I plan to plant differently, maybe with mulch in the hole, possibly below the bulbs.
I planted the L. philadelphicum, in three different places and in different ways, so we shall see. I also planted L. parryi, L. columbianum and L. amabile v. luteum yesterday, as well as L. canadense and L. hansonii last week. As you an see from the photo, the leaves on the L. philadelphicum come right out of the bulb, which made planting them sort of tricky since they have to be so shallow that the bulb is almost exposed. So far so good though, one has even grown visibly.
David