Lilies: ...and while we tap our feet waiting for spring..., 1 by llilyfan

llilyfan wrote:
I dug up an orienpet bulb last fall because it was too tall for the location. A bulb I Know I planted 6 inches deep was only 1 inch below the soil surface. I dug up 3 large bulbs but had only planted 1 so I got all the increase and they were all 1 inch below the surface of the soil and no mulch. I was also pulling some weeds in another bed and found a Black Beauty sitting at the surface of the soil under about an inch of mulch. I am sure this is an increase, but with the size of the bulb I would have assumed it would be much deeper in the soil.

I said all this to agree that if lilies have drainage, they are very forgiving.

I've already posted this pic elsewhere, but here it is again, the orienpet I dug last fall. That is a 10 inch tiller tine