Lilies: Lily with 11 Buds, 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
I, too, am loaded with buds. This plant has 12 buds. When I saw the small buds forming, with little side "budlets" I assumed the sidecar buds would wither. As you can see (and maybe count), they all matured. I live on a semi-major street but still have been ferocious about keeping the deer away and we have lost large lily buds to the deer lunchroom.

This is 2 views of the same plant. In another photo, you will see that these are part of a forest of lilies. Maybe planting them close (with friends) has given them encouragement.
Not all my lilies have more than 8 buds, as a matter of fact a few have only 1 or 2, so it doesn't have anything to do with the fertilizer. I guess happy lilies are fertile lilies.