Planting Help

I received my species lily bulbs from Brent. . . 's last week, I emailed them asking is it too early - they never replied. So what do you all think? They look real healthy - growing tip just starting. It was 26 last nite and nite before here in zone 6.

I get a lot of bulb planting info from this page
http://www.oldhousegardens.com/howToSpring.asp

I love the Old House Gardens Website ...

They say
LILIES NEED PLANTING SOON!
Though our other bulbs need warm, settled weather before you plant them, true lilies must be planted SOON for best success. True lilies (Lilium) are never very happy out of the ground. Our bulbs were harvested late last year — which allowed them to fully ripen — and put in cold storage. Now that they’ve been released from their artificial winter, they are raring to grow.
If you must store them for a little while, leave them in their bags and set them in the vegetable bin of the refrigerator — NOT the freezer — and away from ripening fruit — or in a similarly cool dark place. Do NOT store at room temperature or in the light! Both will cause premature sprouting. The sooner you can get these bulbs back in the ground growing roots the better. Lily bulbs are very hardy and take normal spring-time cold weather in stride. However, their young shoots can be damaged by sudden freezes, so if frost is predicted after shoots emerge above ground, protect them with straw, inverted flowerpots, etc.


So, I'd go ahead and plant them, if possible and mulch them real good.

Cheri'

I agree, get those beauties in the ground as soon as possible. I'm zone 5 and I have put all my spring purchased lily bulbs in the ground already. Some of them already had shoots an inch or more in length.