Easter Lily - what to do

This has probably been discussed before but I couldn't locate something on it so if it has been discussed ad infinitum, please somebody let me know the link.

I bought an Easter lily in the store because we were having an open house for a house we are trying to sell and I needed a pretty plant. I don't usually buy them. It bloomed and now it's finished and the leaves all turned yellow as they usually do and then they dried up and fell off. Fine. Usually at this point I guess people throw them out. But, I was in the midst of a ton of other things and I didn't get around to throwing it out, and now there are these light green lumpy things poking up through the soil around the side of the bulb. I grow asiatic lilies in my garden (zone 5a). They do not make these lumpy green things (at least not that I have ever seen). What are the lumpy things, and what should I do with the bulb? Can I plant it outside or will it die in my zone? Can I keep it over the winter and have it flower again next year? Do I take the green lumpy things off and make new bulbs with them? Any help much appreciated!

Thanks,
CMox

Go ahead and plant it and it be most likely come back. Can you post a pic of your 'green lumpies'? lol Do they look like they might be foliage?

I can post a pic later today when I'm home from work. They don't really look like foliage to me. They are sort of amorphous lumps coming off the side of the main bulb, towards the top, and breaking through the soil. They are not pointed or even in any way shaped like a leaf. They have a sort of surface appearance like the surface of a bowl of tapioca. Lumpy. :-)

Lumps! Green tapioca!!

I got it! LOL Your 'green lumpies' are baby lily bulbs. You can plant them as is but cover the babies with a couple inches of soil. If the foliage has completely died back, go ahead and cut it leaving a couple inches above ground so you know just where you planted them.

Cool! Can I plant them outside? PlantFiles seems to say not lower than zone 7, but you're zone 5b!

Yes, I am growing them here with success.

And I am growing them here with success. Two plants have multiplied well - easy 10 plants now! They will be blooming soon. I'll run out and prove it - ha ha! ..........brb...........this is the oldest -3 years, I think. ...and a happy Canada to you!! :)

A friend gave me hers when it was done blooming, in 2000. I planted it. In 2001, three stems grew and bloomed. In 2004, a lot of small seedlings came up, but not the original big ones. They bloomed. In 2005, I moved 14 bulbs to another bed . This year, only 3 came up and only one is blooming. I still have the other bulbs marked, but haven't dug to see what happened. I was a little disappointed that I didn't have all those blooms around the edge of the bed.

I planted an easter Lily here 2 years ago. It is up & blooming today!

Wow, I'm definitely impressed with all the success in zone 5. Mine is going into the ground! Thanks all!

(and Happy belated Canada Day to you too Kooger!)

Add my name to the success list. I have a source who salvages discarded Easter lilies from a church. She has given me several, and they all continue to bloom, year after year. I don't know if it's important to note that I have them planted about 10 inches from the house. They, along with my glad bulbs, may benefit from the warmth of the house over the winter.

Thanks, C. . :) .... And mine is just about a foot from the garage wall, on the east side of the house. I thought a little protection would help it survive also.

Mine is about 10 feet from the house, but sheltered by a hedge on the northwest side of my garden.