White Easter Lilies

I need some help. I bought some white lilies that were left over from Easter. They are still blooming and beautiful. I tried to plant in the garden, when I removed the pot there were a lot of scales falling from the bulbs. Do I plant these now, or wait for them to dry? I would appreciate any advise on how to handle these.
Thanks...Peg

You can move them now, just take all the roots and as much of the dirt as you can and be careful not to break the stem.

Or you can wait until the plant goes dormant (prolly what I would do).

Cheri'

Cheri,
Do you plant the scales too?
Peg

Peg - Yes you can plant the scales or try scaling them indoors yourself. They will produce tiny bulblets and will grow eventually into flowering lilies. They can take anywhere from 2-4 years to grow large enough to flower. Here's some info on scaling.....

http://www.landspro.com/page4.htm

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/propagation_seed_starting/105602

Sundry & langbr ... I had 14 of these lilies and started planting, when I removed 5 of the lilies from the pots all these scales came loose. Do you think I should plant the remaining 9 lilies roots and all instead of removing the scales? I have a 4" pot filled with scales from the first 5 lilies.
Peg

Start an Easter lily farm. big grin here.
Inanda

That's what I would do - plant the whole thing.

Cheri'

Inanda - You are probably right, after reading some of the info, if I follow the directions the whole yard will be these white lilies. I think I'll just plant the rest of them as is.
Peg

Chesapeake - we sure want to see what you have next year. I'll bet you'll have babies popping up all over the place. Good luck to you.

Chesapeake, What are you going to do with all the scales ---- and DONT say you have already chucked them.
Inanda

Inanda,
No, I haven't chucked them. Right now just sitting here in a 4" pot .
Want some?
Peg

I planted MILs as soon as the blooms were done and she asked me what to do with it. That was last year's and the year before's. Both are up already. The one I planted 2 years ago had 4 blooms last year. She didn't get one this year.