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Author Garden: Asiatic Lily Question Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       I bought a beautiful Asiatic lily today, a bright eye popping orange, just gorgeous. The tag says to keep watered year round. I thought they die down, leaves and all? I hope not, and maybe in California they will stay green? Anyone have any tips for me? This is my first Asiatic lily. Thnaks ! * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 Jiffymouse guest posted                 they do, but the bulb still needs some water. it's a funny thing. although, maybe in so. cal, you might get it to stay around a while longer than in places where it gets cold. Seeded: 72.10.72.142 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Jiffy, you mean they ALWAYS croak? Rats...... * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 alankhart Super Gardener Member # 7 posted                       They might possibly have been referring to keeping it as a house plant, but regardless, even if it stayed green it wouldn't flower again from the same stem. The longer it says green, the more energy it gets for blooming next time. Remove the old blooms when finished unless you want to collect the seeds. This allows it to put more energy into blooming instead of seed production. In cold areas they don't actually die, they die back to the ground over winter and come back again the following year and so on. * * * * Plants: 699 | From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 68.155.19.179 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       Mine come back every year.. * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Thanks for the info, I appreciate it all. I have mine in a pot on the porch. It sounds like it dies down completely like a tulip plant does. Argh ! I wouldn't have bought it if I had known it does that. In just one day, I've noticed that the flowers fade fast. Double argh ! * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       deborah do you continue to water it? * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34 loz guest posted                 Yep, like a tulip Asiatic Lilies die back, but I still love them--I actually just ordered 10 more the other day. Best thing to do really is to put it in the ground eventually.....and make sure you don't cut the greenery down after the flower falls off.....it needs to collect energy for next years blooms. Seeded: 70.16.170.115 dodge Garden Pro! Member # 6964 posted                       My asiatic lily......I just let mother nature handle it.....Dies down to brown, and comes back nicely each spring......... Mine has a perfume smell to it.. It was a people stopper.......... dodge * * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005  |  Seeded: 204.11.80.100 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       Thanks dodge I hope mine smells great too!! * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Yes, I water it because it's still a green flowering plant. If I keep it, I'll keep the bulb watered. Not soggy though. Mine has no fragrance at all, but is a gorgeous hot orange. Silky like a poppy, and has glossy green leaves that look greasy, but it's not plant polish. * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       Cool it will be fine I am sure of it !!! It will die down keep watering it... don't cut the stock till it is brown... and it will come back every year!! I would plant it in the garden myself just so I know there is plenty of room for it to propigate! * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Thanks, Spring, but I can only container garden, I can't plant. It's a condo thing. Sigh.... After it croaks I'll plant the bulb somewhere where it won't show, like in a huge pot that's a giant version of a color bowl. If I'd known that they die down, I would have planted it there when I got it. * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       Gotcha Deborah.. I was Just reading a different thread that says they are great in containers... Just leave them outside..who knew..not me * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34

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