I'm having a fence around my yard put in at about the end of March. I want to move some lillies and put them along the fence so I have to wait to move them until the fence is in. The lillies I want to move we call "tiger lillies" around here. I'm not sure that's what they actually are - they're the "wild" lillies that grow alongside roads, etc. here in Pennsylvania. Anyway, theses lillies have just poked through, and if I move them at the end of March will they still flower for me? They normally flower around mid-June to give you an idea of how much more time they normally have until flowering.
Thanks in advance for helping a lily novice!
Is it okay to move lillies when they've sprouted
Yes, you can move them and if you're very careful they'll probably bloom just fine.
Start by digging much wider and deeper than you think you need to and work your way over to the bulb. Lift as much soil around the bulb and stem as possible. If you have your holes by the fence already dug, then you can slip them right in without losing too much soil.
Good luck!
PS. Worse case scenario ~ if you break a stem, go ahead and plant the bulb. It won't flower this year just should be OK next year.
This is Lilium lancifolium, commonly known as a tiger lily
I think you are talking about the ditch lily. Don't worry about them. You can't kill them. They spread real fast. They grow wild along the ditches here too. BEV
If there's any confusion, this should help http://bulbs.suite101.com/article.cfm/orange_tiger_lily
Thanks lily people! "Ditch lily" sounds about right - that's where you see them alongside the road! I'll move them as soon as the fence is in and cross my fingers.
They will be fine. BEV
I dug mine up out of my front flower bed....long story how they got there...
But I just put the clumps off to the side...and they still bloomed and they weren't
even replanted yet.....So you shouldn't have any problems....LOL
So what we're really talking about is daylilies (Hemerocallis) ??
Yes..we've always just called them Tiger Lilies..
Don't know their real/scientific name
They grow wild on the sides of the road....
Here in vandalia, Illinois,,they also grow wild,,but they are a solid daylilly look,, we dont have the truk cap look,,just thought Id let ya know Dee
This is the Ditch Lily bif. BEV
BEV - that definitely looks like it. Now I know what to call them! ... bif
I wouldn't put them anywhere I wanted to plant other flowers. They spread like crazy and will not play nice. :)
I have spent YEARS trying to get those out of my yard they were here 23 years ago when I moved in i THINK I got them all now we will see this spring !!! they come up in the darndest places ;0)
Gloria