Lilies: Lily hell, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
If critters are the problem you can make a box out of 1" chicken wire, about 9" square. Bury it so the top of the box is a couple inches below the soil line, plant your blub at the correct depth for you climate, bend the lid down and finish covering. If your bulbs don't return then I would suspect disease (are diseases that fast?).

The Dutch are hybridizing Easter Lilies (longflorum) and we can now grow lily in low chill areas (z 9-10). Here is one that I have had for 2 yrs>