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Lilies: What was your most fragrant lily this year?, 1 by SteveIndy

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SteveIndy wrote:
The ones you see in the picture were transplanted from the house I sold and moved out of last fall. I replanted them at our new place last autumn. They had bloomed for three seasons at the old place as I planted them in the fall of 2003, and reached 7 ft in that 3rd year (summer '06). I was surprised that they were as tall as they were this summer - the fence you see in the background is 8 ft high and the plants reached about 6' 6". The bulbs were quite large however and I was careful when I moved them.So, I would say 6-7 feet in 3 years is a good bet. They were 4-5 ft tall in their 2nd year probably and maybe 3-4 feet 1st year. The clump you see started as 3-4 bulbs and since developed a bunch of smaller offsets, and I planted them together.

I took some others as well from the old house and planted them in a separate area a few feet away - here they are: