Lilies: Lily from seeds?, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Longiflorum and formosanum crosses will bloom in less than a year, but they are tender and will need to be brought in in winter. I grow candidum and, realistically, you are looking at 2 and a half years from germination to bloom. Several that you have listed are species lilies, and they take years to bloom even if you have the bulbs (martagon) or are exacting as to conditions (canadense and auratum).

Here is a formolongi (formosanum and longiflorum cross) that I seeded in January and it bloomed in September.