i am out of town at a bed and breakfast doing R & R ....to what do my wondering eyes appear a vacant house and beds of lilies ....lilliles lillies....so i make a comment to the b & B owner that i oughta go and dig those things up as they are being neglected.....she goes....oh , go ahead , that house is owned by my cousin and it is being demolished....she wont care...OMG!!!!!
so she shows me where the shovel is and i will go dig tommorrow....what do i do??? i have never done lilies or day lilies....is it worth it to go dig them up? will they live a couple of days without being in the ground? should i prune now or after i dig and replant them....i need to know by tommorrow cause i leave the following day.... i don't care i want them if i can salvage....thanks:)
Emergency lily question
Dig em up and replant at home as soon a you can. If you have lots and lots, put them in shopping bags. Does your B&B host know what colour they are? Just in case they are all the common orange tiger lily. If you have a camera with you, post a picture taken to show an entire lily. We should be able to see if it is a tiger lily. Ask your host if the lilies are all diff. colours. Maybe you can speak to former owner.???
inanda
When you dig try to keep as much soil around the bulbs as possible. Don't prune them back! The flower buds are at the tip of the stem. They also need to have as much green as possible to feed the bulbs for next year. I assume you are talking abut true lilium lilies and not something like crinums... (which I know nothing aboutf).
Dont prune them. Try not to break off the stems if you can.
BTW, are they each stem a separate plant (lilium) or is each plant sort of like fan with the leaves all coming out of the ground which means they are more likely to be daylilies.
inanda
these lilies are stalks that go up like amarilyss...; they are white; does that help?
the stalks go up with several individual flowers on the end of one thick stalk....they are not daylilies.....these could be amaryliss...but could amaryliss live 2 years without anyone taking care of them in hot texas? thanks for your help i will check back later
i have lost my computer connectiviy and am borrowing one
Just dig 'em up with as much of a soil ball around the roots as you can get. Wrap the root ball in damp newspaper and tie a plastic bag around the root ball to keep it moist. Plant them when you get home. Mine are growing fine in 14-18" pots (not planted very deeply).
Do they look sorta like these? These are my 2006 Easter Lilies.
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If there are no leaves growing out from the stalk itself (stalk is bare) then it is most likely a crinum or amaryllis. Since they are in active growth they probably should be replanted as soon as possible. I really don't know anything about them, like how deep to plant them.
The description does sound like a crinum, doesn't it?
the flowers look like lilies...but the foliage doesn't go up the stalk like in gymgirls picture....i am nuts....will keep yall posted
ok here are some sad photos...as you can see NOTHING...hopefully next year we will have lovely lilies
behind the gate are the only full grown ones i dug as they were so deep; they are sad looking
this is a view of the full bed cause at this point i just have planted the lawnmowed ones and a few full grown ones i could get out
okie dokie that is photos of the 2 beds....; i will post photos as hopefully they grow...thanks for holding my hand:)
They don't look like lilium anyway. Crinium maybe.
inanda
next year will tell.
they are crinium....but i was trying to update those that helped me in the dig/id/adventure:)
Handholding. It's what we LIVE for! Thanks for posting the update. Keep us posted on your progress!
Looks like they will put on a great show next time they bloom.
lets hope...i hope that they live:)
Hi Sticks_;
I've many criniums, Milk and Wine I think. These onion-like bulbs could be as big as a grapefruit, but more like an anion. Their culture is much less complicated as those of lilies. If you can't plant them out right away. Relax. cut the leave back by one third, keep them in peat, store them in a dard dry place such as your garage. Plant them when you can, and keep them watered well until they take off on their own. The process may take several weeks, but one they start growing again. They are tolerance of drought. Typically they don't flower until 2 years or so. They do multiply prolically if planted in good pulverized garden soil. Once they're crowded, you dig them up and divide them to get more bloom in the future.