Lillies

RubyGirl

I have lillies that are growing great, some have flowered and flowers have died off.

Will I cut the dead flowers and cut back the green leaves to help flowers regrow.

I have fed them last week aswell.

pwurple

Are we talking daylillies, asiatic, calla or canna lillies here?

RubyGirl

pwurple wrote: »

Are we talking daylillies, asiatic, calla or canna lillies here?

Calla lily sorry.

pwurple

Good old callas. They don't need much at all. I wouldn't bother cutting back the green. Take off the faded flowers if you don't like the look of them. They can flower for most of the year just letting them be.


If they get a bit crowded, maybe dig up and divide?

RubyGirl

pwurple wrote: »

Good old callas. They don't need much at all. I wouldn't bother cutting back the green. Take off the faded flowers if you don't like the look of them. They can flower for most of the year just letting them be.


If they get a bit crowded, maybe dig up and divide?

Thanks, ya I might divide them.

RubyGirl

Looking for best food to give lillie's, taken off their frost protection and they are just peeping up thru soil now.

Supercell

I divided up a particularly nice lily I had last year and now have six of it growing in the greenhouse

Sonnenblumen

I think it should be possible to divide (during dormant phase) the plants which tend to become a bit bloated every 2-3 years.

Also have you tried restricting the root development and growing the plant within a container in the ground? It works wonders for better and longer lasting flowering for agapanthus which also produces interesting flowers but lots of foliage too and unfortunately also another big slug magnet!