Lilium 2013

[Maggi Young]

 I'd dig them just as the stems are almost dead.

[Gene Mirro]

I have great luck lifting lily bulbs just as they start growing in Spring.  They have very few roots then.  Don't wait too long though.  Don't leave the bulbs out of the ground very long, and cover the bulbs and roots with soil after lifting.  Don't let them get too warm or too dry.

[Stephen Vella]

Wow Roma they are amazing martagons..so tall.

cheers

[Roma]

Thanks, Maggi, Gene.  I will try both methods.  I'll probably miss a few in the autumn anyway.  In some places they are coming up between stones at the edge of a path so I'll need to be in the mood for some rock shifting to get at them.

Stephen, they have grown very well this year.  The ground was pretty wet in spring and a fairly warm spell in early summer meant they just kept growing.  Unfortunately the last two or three weeks have been very warm (for NE Scotland) and mainly dry so the flowers have gone over quickly. 

[Melvyn Jope]

Lilium chalcedonicum in flower today, a nice surprise as I hadn't even noticed it was in bud.

[Gene Mirro]

Can you chalcedonicum growers tell me if you give these plants any special treatment?  What conditions are they growing in?  Thanks.

[Pete Clarke]

Lily Tango Kentucky. Not sure why I bought this, I can't decide if I like it or not.

[Martin Baxendale]

Can you chalcedonicum growers tell me if you give these plants any special treatment?  What conditions are they growing in?  Thanks.

My chalcedonicum are growing in a high raised bed (about 2 to 3 ft) just behind a dry stone wall and at the base of a thick beech hedge, in light woodland type soil. Facing south-west.

[Gene Mirro]

Thanks, Martin.  That's an extreme raised bed you've got there.  Otherwise, it sounds very similar to the way I grow many of the species.

[gote]

When is the best time to dig them up?  I have far too many in places where I don't want them.

Martagons are a little like Trillium. They send out new roots at or just after flowering time. If you move them in the fall you will probably be damaging the new roots. If that happens, they will suddenly go bad in the spring when the foliage is so big that it draws more water than the damaged roots can supply. They will survive but there will be no show until the second year after transplanting. I would dig them at flowering time and put the flowering spikes in vases.
Good luck
Göte

[gote]

Hi Tony,
 It looks like lilium papilliferum a late lily which produces short stolons about 4-6 inches long, so if you let it free you should eventually have a few young ones.
Susan

I think Susan is right. It should have very narrow leaves and the two whorls of tepals curl differently. It is not hairy but you will probably find that at least some surfaces are covered by minute papillae. You will need a lens.
Cheers
Göte
 

[Rick R.]

It [L. papilliferum] should have ... the two whorls of tepals curl differently. It is not hairy but you will probably find that at least some surfaces are covered by minute papillae. You will need a lens.
Cheers
Göte

I would appreciate some insight into what I propose regarding L. papilliferum here:
https://www.nargs.org/comment/23717#comment-23717

[johnralphcarpenter]

My favourite Lilium - Lilium auratum

[Hakone]

[gote]

quote author=Hakone link=topic=10022.msg282205#msg282205 date=1376037539]

Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii Baker 1871

This is Lilium lancifolium Thunberg
Göte