Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Neck of the Woods CHAT Summer 2013 Part 2, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Buttoneer--

Tiger Lily "seeds" are NOT really seeds that are produced from the blooms.
The "seeds" are in the axils of where the leaves join the stem.
They look like small, black berries...and are called "bulbils"...

Usually--there are a lot of them--up and down the stem.
One per axil. Also--these 'ripen" (get bigger) from the bottom up.
They just SIT there--and as soon as you touch one--it rolls off to the ground.

IF you still have any on the stems, get a small bowl and hold it under each "bulbil"
and roll it into the bowl.
Usually--these start "ripening" before the blooms ever open up.
Hope you have not missed it...

What I do--is just prepare a small W-Box of soil, and scatter the bulbils
over the top, pushing each one about 1/2" deep with my finger.
Make sure they are all well into the soil. Cover with a alayer of dried leaves
and put it up against a S. house wall where the sun will keep it warm.
If you like--you can pile more leaves over it for the winter...Leave it outside!

By mid spring--remove the leaves--and you should have 2" sprouts
from the "bulbils"...They are ON THEIR WAY!!!
To grow them on--I prick each one out and plant it in a cell pack--or in
very small pots (bath cups?). They will grow a bit taller ans be ready
to transplant in slightly bigger pots (2"+) and let them continue growing.
That is about what Holly got from me 3-4 years ago.

This is what you should have after the winter is over.
This was taken in April of 2011. Already transplanted into small pots. +
I DO NOT know, exactly, how many years it takes until they bloom. Sorry!

Holly--are yours blooming? How long did it take?
Gita