Little poll, sorry if I am hijacking your query but I would like to know when I can split lillies. Mine are in the garden and this year although they looked beautiful they were looking very cramped, sure I could make two or three seperate clumps from them but don't know when or how. They are still green but on their way to turning brown.
Thanks - and sorry Little Poll.
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I'd think you could do them as soon as the foliage is over DD. Replant wherever you want them to go, or pot up spares for putting in a border next year or a separate display near the house
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
DD: if you empty the lily pot/ tub carefully onto an empty compost bag (or similar), you'll probably find that the 'parent' bulbs now have several younger 'offspring' nestling around their toes! The youngsters will grow steadily (& will normally take a full season or two before they come into bloom on their own account) - but they'll do a lot better if you set them spaced tidily in a separate pot of their own. Treat both the sets of bulbs to good quality general compost; best kept on the dry side over winter. Beware those wretched white grubs of the lily beetle though - squishing is all they deserve!! Enjoy!!
*You can probably detect some adult lily beetle damage on these blooms - but as I'm only growing for my own pleasure I don't use anything other than 'physical' measures against the culprits!!
On the contrary lilies can be divided once they have grown a large enough bulb set. ( 2 bulbs in one) .You can then split the bulbs. You would normally do this in late summer to early autumn
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Little poll, sorry if I am hijacking your query but I would like to know when I can split lillies. Mine are in the garden and this year although they looked beautiful they were looking very cramped, sure I could make two or three seperate clumps from them but don't know when or how. They are still green but on their way to turning brown.
Thanks - and sorry Little Poll.
DD , never divide but mine don't look to cramped
I'd think you could do them as soon as the foliage is over DD. Replant wherever you want them to go, or pot up spares for putting in a border next year or a separate display near the house
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
DD: if you empty the lily pot/ tub carefully onto an empty compost bag (or similar), you'll probably find that the 'parent' bulbs now have several younger 'offspring' nestling around their toes! The youngsters will grow steadily (& will normally take a full season or two before they come into bloom on their own account) - but they'll do a lot better if you set them spaced tidily in a separate pot of their own. Treat both the sets of bulbs to good quality general compost; best kept on the dry side over winter. Beware those wretched white grubs of the lily beetle though - squishing is all they deserve!! Enjoy!!
*You can probably detect some adult lily beetle damage on these blooms - but as I'm only growing for my own pleasure I don't use anything other than 'physical' measures against the culprits!!
On the contrary lilies can be divided once they have grown a large enough bulb set. ( 2 bulbs in one) .You can then split the bulbs. You would normally do this in late summer to early autumn