Of course you can buy them ready-potted in the spring or early summer - supermarkets as diverse as Waitrose and Morrisons sell them patio-ready - but you will have more choice of lilies if you plant ...
You probably don’t need us to tell you that calla lilies are some of the most beautiful flowers in the world. And while these stunning tropical blooms flower between June and July, it’s essential to ...
Lilies are my favorite flowers. Big, colorful and often fragrant, they are the highlights of my midsummer garden. While they are relatively easy to grow, I'm sharing my care tips learned over more ...
If looming sunflowers are not to your taste, why not consider growing the world's tallest lily in time for summer? Horticulturalists have created a towering version of the popular flower that can grow ...
How appropriate hurricane lilies are blooming after Hermine came through this area! If you don’t have these in your garden, you need to add some. The hurricane lily (Lycoris radiata var. radiata) is ...
In the world of lilies, there is nothing more spectacular than the growing number of stunning oriental X trumpet hybrid lilies, commonly known as orienpets. Marketed as "lily trees" by many garden ...
Once you’ve planted lilies, the bulbs will continually grow and flower for many years. However, like any plant, lilies can only be planted at specific times and the different types require different ...
When you’re choosing bulbs for spring bloom and you plan to plant them anywhere near trees, smaller is better. That’s the bulb size, not the plant size, said Samantha Peckham, horticulturist at The ...
Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...
Time-lapse of an oriental lily plant growing from a bulb to flowers over 95 days. The lily bulb was planted in a pot with potting mix soil. It sprouted after a week and slowly growing. Flower buds ...