Garden

[tototwo]

@Snicks1 - was it you?   Someone on this board encouraged me to get the Lilies TSV last year - telling me nothing would happen their first year.   Well, Ba-Bam!  Every one lily bulb I planted last spring is now coming up in clumps of 7-10 lilies this year.  OMG!  I'm amazed.  And excited.  I wondered last summer if I'd made a mistake - marked where I planted every bulb and only got short green stalks last year - definitely no blooms.  I've never planted lily bulbs before so I assumed they wouldn't even come up this year.   So happy to see that I was wrong.

Thank you.

[Snicks1]

@tototwo, sorry it wasn't me, but that is fantastic. Hope they flourish and come back year after year for you. Good idea marking their location. Enjoy.

[Trix]

@tototwo I recall you got several comments from fellow board gardeners saying that lilies and daylilies are often disappointing the first season, but the following season you see your investment paying off.  After several years of being tempted by Phillip Watson, I have so many Cottage Farms daylilies spreading in my garden that I can't add any new bulbs.  This year I may make room for new in 2019 by transplanting some from my garden to a nearby community garden. 

Please fertilize those young plants early to increase the number of blooms.  I like a sprinkle of Espoma Plant Tone in the soil in early spring, and regular spritzing with Spray and Grow throughout the season. Good luck and happy gardening!

[CAcableGirl2]

@tototwo  Would you be able to share a picture?  I've always been tempted to get those, but didn't think I would have much luck.

Would love to see how they look (other than how they show them on TV).

[tototwo]

@CAcableGirl2- right now those lilies are only 2-4 inches tall, but I do plan to take photos later in the season.

I've already fertilized everything with a slow-release, sprinkle-on-the-soil fertilizer.  I am definitely going to have to move some of those lilies this fall -- or maybe move other plants to give the lilies more room.  Time will tell.  I've had lousy luck with CF plants previously and am almost giddy seeing all those lilies coming up!  

[Kachina624]

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@Trix wrote:

@tototwo I recall you got several comments from fellow board gardeners saying that lilies and daylilies are often disappointing the first season, but the following season you see your investment paying off.  After several years of being tempted by Phillip Watson, I have so many Cottage Farms daylilies spreading in my garden that I can't add any new bulbs.  This year I may make room for new in 2019 by transplanting some from my garden to a nearby community garden. 

Please fertilize those young plants early to increase the number of blooms.  I like a sprinkle of Espoma Plant Tone in the soil in early spring, and regular spritzing with Spray and Grow throughout the season. Good luck and happy gardening!

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I've never had bare-root daylilies bloom the first year planted.  I've gotten them from C.F. and elsewhere.  The best daylilies I've gotten have been from sellers on eBay, usually from individuals thinning their gardens.  They're always twice or more as big as the C.F. plants

[tototwo]

Mine aren't daylilies, @Kachina624.  They are various Oriental lilies of some sort.  I've grown a gazillion daylilies from bare root, but this type of lily is new to me.  So far, I'm pretty happy with them.

[ptagirl]

I also purchased those lilies as a TSV, one set of each.....they all bloomed last year, but...most were the same color...red and apricot...I think I had one pink, one orange, one white ..pretty bad out of about 36 (?) bulbs.....will buy some different colors at my local nursery to mix in... was not too happy with my purchase...