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codana Bucharest, Romania Jul 07, 2009

It is a Lilium Tigrinum. And of course I love it. Here the winter is very heavy. Should I take off the bulbs in early fall? Please advise. Thanks a lot!

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cyclops101 Wakefield, RI Jul 07, 2009

According to what I have read Tiger Lily is hardy to Zone 2 which has temps of -50F or -46C. I do not know what hardiness zone you are but it would not hurt to cut the lily stalk just below the lowest bloom after it has finished flowering this allow all the energy to be transferred to the bulb instead of making seed.

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mekos Jul 07, 2009

My Tiger Lily makes seed before it blooms. One on each leaf at the stalk, or stem.I harvest them before my lily even blooms and in the fall the stalk has died back already. I'm in zone 7 and they come back each year. I know you are colder than we are but does your plant make the little black seed on the stalk?

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codana Bucharest, Romania Jul 08, 2009

Thank you cyclops101 and mekos. I am in Zone 6. Good hope for me to see next year same beauties.
Yes, my Tiger Lily makes seeds as you said. Is it possible to grow other Tiger Lilies from these seeds? Or, better ask which is the best way to get many Tiger Lilies next year: divide bulbs or these seeds from the stalk? Thanks again.

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mekos Jul 08, 2009

I take the seeds from the stalk and dry for a week or two and then plant them. The little seed will make bulbs and new plants much faster than the original bulb will reproduce. So you get more plants from the seed. Each seed will be a plant.

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codana Bucharest, Romania Jul 08, 2009

wow! great! I will plant them also. But how deep? Same as bulbs are planted? To be protected against frost...

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mekos Jul 08, 2009

Probably only a half inch deep so they can sprout this year. You may want to put in a pot until they get going good and this fall put them in the ground 3 inches deep or what ever you do there. That is how I do it. Once they sprout you will have a tiny bulb and by fall it should be good to go in ground. In the spring you will see them start out again and begin to grow. I usually trade off my new ones in the spring so I can't remember if they bloom the first year or wait for the second. Mine are in bloom now. Actually almost finished.

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codana Bucharest, Romania Jul 08, 2009

mekos, thanks a lot for sharing your experience!

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mekos Jul 08, 2009

You are welcome. Hope this helps.

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