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valal Natick, MA Aug 02, 2014

I ordered some bulbs on line and to my surprise they arrived in the mail today! I assumed I wouldn't see them til at least Sept. They are perennial hardy lilies, hardy gladiolas, liatris, anemones.

I planted 3 hardy glass and 3 ligature at the end of June (different order) and they are growing
I do not want to ruin my lilies and hardy glads and not get spring ...or next summer blooms so I am assuming I should not plant these til late Sept/early Oct. Is this correct? I am in Boston ...

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altagardener Calgary, AB(Zone 3b) Aug 02, 2014

No, you should plant them right away. Lily bulbs, particularly, don't have the same mechanisms to survive dry storage that tulip and daffodil bulbs have - they will dry out.

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