Lilies: Lily lifespan, 4 by ge1836

ge1836 wrote:
I have this question on another site and the lily experts there seem to think Orientals only have vigor for a few years.
I feed with BulbTone after bloom and when the plants emerge in spring.
I planted these bulbe in 2008 and in 2010 they had tree trunks and grew 7 feet tall.
This year there were more stems,shorter lilies and smaller blooms.We also had a freakie spring.
#1 Nice pix from 2009
#2 79 inches tall with 2 inch diameter stemsin 2010
#3 2011 Stems are shorter
#4 2012 bloomed earlier with thin stems and half as tall
I hope they recover and return to the 2011 size.

I have Casablancas that are really going away no matter what the spring weather is like.
I am resighned to replace lilies that just poop out.