gotta question here;

I planted many lily bulbs, but never marked what they were (I know - shame on me) However, some are coming up looking like a cigar and others look like a fountain and have multiplied. The cigar looking ones are always just a single. Could someone give me a clue here. I want to get more bulbs, but only the spreading kind

My advice would be to wait till they bloom. Maybe some can be IDed Then you will have some idea of which ones you want.

Inanda - who always buries a name under each bulb, with another one above ground.

sarv,

I can give you a hint - the cigar looking ones for me are usually Orientals or Orienpets, and the fountain ones normally Asiatics. All lily types multiply, though Asiatics multiply the fastest and most aggressively. I would be patient and let them do their thing and enjoy them! Asiatics are great, but there are few flowers that can rival an Oriental or Orienpet in bloom in terms of size, beauty and fragrance.

Steve

Steve you beat me to it.. your identification would be my best guess, too.

This first picture is of the "fountain" type:

The asiatics multiply very prolifically

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The next type (apologize for the somewhat poor picture) is of the "cigar" type.
Orientals multiply less prolifically, although some variations do exists between the various cultivars.

Hey, that's exactly the info I was looking for - many thanks to all of you!!! Made a note in my garden journal...

I just went through this with another member, but didn't have the nomenclature down. Thanks for the new terms ~ they're pretty good! ;)

I agree with them. I keep all my cigars in one area and all my fountains in another. The Asiatics seem to throw their seed everywhere and I have 500, started with 20.

After 6 years, my orientals finally are sending up 2 stems each. Hurrah!!

I seem to get the Mother bulb and then her babies start growing all around her - this is on the Orientals.

The Asiatics are another sexually indiscriminate plant and throw their seed or drop it and it grows. Had some push up a small river rock, about 8" square.
I was afraid to lift it thinking there was some critter underneath!

It is probably the bulblets (miniature bulbs) rather than seeds you see when asiatics multiply

Always willing to learn. Kd - how come some of them are different colors than the ones I bought and planted? Not all, but definitely some.

That could be from seed. That would be the only way.

Thanks kd. I thought so. These plants (bees, actually) have more fun in the garden than we do!