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Lilys growing already?

sevbrownsevbrown Posts: 33
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Hi I bought a pack of 25 oriental lilly bulbs last year and planted them in pots, the flowered beautifully and left them on pots overwinter. 

Decided to make a Lily bed this year and planted all in a raised bed in february, just been and checked and have a lot of growth, most about 5inches tall! 

I didnt recieve the bulbs till early may last year so no idea if this is normal?

Im in the uk in merseyside and we have had lots of rain and mildish weather if that has any bearing. 

Will this early growth mean early flowering?

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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

    I also live on Merseyside and planted some Lilium regale in the ground in May of last year. There is no sign of growth, but it is still early. If yours are growing and look healthy then there is nothing to worry about. They will flower according to the weather over the next few months.

  • LoanaLoana Posts: 427

    I raised lots in pots, a cheap offer somewhere, they are all over a foot tall, bit concerned they will get caught out by a frost 

  • SussexsunSussexsun Posts: 1,444

    I am on the south coast and mine are about an inch tall. All planted in raised beds along with allium purple sensation which is about a foot tall.

    To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

  • TomskTomsk Posts: 204

    I'm in London and mine started breaking the surface a couple of week ago, in shaded soil. They're now about 2-4" tall.

    I also thought it was a bit early.

  • rosemummyrosemummy Posts: 2,010

    mine in pots are an inch high, we're in south yorkshire, though they did nothing last year, got 1 whole flower, no idea what happened to the ones in the borders... snow forecast this week!

  • Pink lilyPink lily Posts: 175

    im in glasgow and Ive got a few lily's that are about 10 inches tall already (newly planted in August last year), and others that I've had for a few years that haven't appeared at all yet 

  • Peter-T-Peter-T- Posts: 138

    Glasgow too, tree lillies........ about 12-18 inches hi, think some are going to be lost with weather 

  • soulboysoulboy Posts: 429

    I'm in Sheffield and all my asiatic lilies have a few inches of growth.

  • LoanaLoana Posts: 427

    I've not heard of tree house lily, another to google ;) ?

  • StevedaylillyStevedaylilly Posts: 1,102

    In Birmingham and I have one asiatic lily breaking the surface in my garden. 1 out of 14 so not too concerned because the weather temperature is going to drop tonight 

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