Lilies: OMG, I may have messed up bad w/ my lilies!, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I have been growing formosanum/longiflorum crosses from seed for a few years. If you start them from seed in January they bloom in the fall. I got the seed from the North American Lily Society. Members clean and collect seed and sell it to you for $1.00 a pack (forgive me if everyone knows this...), so I started picking seed that was described as immediate epigeal (which means it germinates PDQ and you have no problem spotting it). This is not a great picture, but here are the fall results from a January sowing. I then put the pots in the basement and water them sparingly. If I do it correctly I start with larger bulbs and get taller flowers, just like any other lily. In better climates you wouldn't even have to overwinter them.

Last year I wasn't quick enough so I have five or six different kinds that I held over for this years. I increased the water and the stems are shooting up. It's great for me because in my climate all lilies are finished blooming by the end of August, except for speciosum, which can be temperamental.

Donna