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By: Easter Lily Care and Re-bloom

Easter Lily Care and Re-bloom — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:56:27 +0000

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By: bob

bob — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:18:34 +0000

Hi Peggy, Easter Lilies sometimes do funny things. I think it is because they are forced to bloom outside of their normal blossoming time and that confuses them as you say. I would re-plant the bulb and mulch it well to protect it from your harsh winter. That way it will know what season it is when it warms back up in the spring. Best of luck to you. Bob

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:57:07 +0000

Hi, I live in Upstate NY and saw a plant growing about 4 inches out of a cosmos plant that I was going to cut before frost hits hard. I dug it up and brought it in. I realize now it is an Easter Lily. Is it confused? It surely would die before bloom. It has a beautiful healthy bulb with babies, which I planted in another pot. Did I do the right thing to bring it in before frost and winter months. I would think it should have bloomed in late July. Maybe I should replant the baby bulbs back outside? Thanks for any help.

By: bob

bob — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:36:44 +0000

Hi Janet,
Other than a fence, you can try one of the animal repellents that are available at the garden center. These materials are sprayed on. I have also used a sprayer type device that is battery operated and has a motion detector. It uses pressure from a garden hose to spray a jet of water to startle the animal as it approaches your garden.
Best of luck to you.
Bob

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Hi Guys!

Any way to keep the critters from eating the blooms of an Easter lily???

Thanks!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:07:55 +0000

Hi Judith,
I’m sorry to hear about your Easter Lilies. We are experiencing problems with ours as well. Many of ours had their buds eaten by the deer (1st time for that) and others that did escape the deer are showing symptoms similar to what you describe.
Much of what we have here is the fact that we are growing a plant outside of its natural growing range, in this case, islands in the Pacific near Japan and that exposes the plants to new environmental stresses they don’t have in their original homes.
Anyway, many fungi, virus and bacteria attack Easter Lilies. If the weather during the growing season is just right to encourage a disease organism and at the same time puts some stress on the plant, then conditions are right for disease to take hold.
Dig up one of your bulbs, the roots should be nice and white and fairly thick like a piece of fat spaghetti, if they are brown or gray and/or shriveled, you have a root disease of one kind or another. Also, the bulb itself should be completely white, if you see any yellow, that also is a sure sign of disease.
There’s not much we can do about it. You can try drenching the area with a fungicide to see if that helps. It may be a good idea to dig up and toss the diseased bulbs. Plant any future bulbs in a different bed.
Finally, damaging the bulbs while digging, can leave a place for fungus to enter and infect the plant.
I’m looking forward to next year to see how (or if) ours recover.
I am glad to hear your other flowers are doing so well.
Good luck to you,
Bob

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Hi Bob and Judy! I am so disappointed! We live in a new home, and last year was our first summer here…it was exciting to be surprised by the different flowers blooming! BUT our eater lilies turned brown just before they bloomed….now, last year, we were blessed with echinacea plants, so we put them in…..they are glorious!!!!! Is it possible they are robbing the lilies of their nutrients? thank you for your time and insight! God bless you both!-J.P. in Wayne county

By: victoria mcintyre

victoria mcintyre — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:51:02 +0000

An Easter Lily is blooming in my yard right now!! What a pleasant surprise. It’s beautiful. I has four blooms.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:47:13 +0000

Hi Mark, I’m not sure what the record is for Easter Lilies, but yours is a prize winner for sure! When we grow Easter Lilies in the greenhouse we try to get 8 or 9 blossoms. Sometimes a plant will have 1 or 2 more than that. A good location with sunlight, adequate fertilizer and water along with some TLC all contributes to a vigorous plant and lots of blossoms. Some luck with the weather is also needed, temperatures in the mid 50′sF lasting for a week during bud developement will push the blossom numbers over the top.
Thanks for sharing your great experience with us, I hope you took some pictures.
Bob

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:42:51 +0000

I have a transplanted Easter Lily in my back yard that has 11 blossoms! Is that some kind of record?