How to cut back old dead lily stems

[@yveschristian1147]

Have had a hard time finding a video on Lilly‘s. Thank you so much for your wonderful informative video!😃❤️

[@rogthegardener1]

That’s great to hear - thanks! Enjoy your garden 😀

[@amandakamara7631]

After watching videos with too much talking I found yours and you got straight to the point. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Now I can take care of my lilies.

[@rogthegardener1]

Thank you !!

[@amamteews1]

Thank you! Looked so many times for a video of this stage, since last summer and you're the first to share it completely!

[@rogthegardener1]

Glad I could help!

[@BarbHammond-z8v]

Thank you for the video. Much appreciated.

[@rogthegardener1]

Our pleasure - just looking at those lilies now! Thanks for your comment

[@charlesbale8376]

Thank you for sharing, that was very useful.

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks Charles - enjoy your garden!

[@aliciam1035]

Exactly the video I needed. Thank you so much

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks for your comment - enjoy your garden!

[@lialocdup7397]

This was very helpful I was so lost at first

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks for your comment - enjoy your garden!

[@andikogomez9267]

Thanks mate!

[@rogthegardener1]

Your very welcome, enjoy your garden!

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi all - thanks for all your comments and questions - one question has been asked a few times, asking about how much water the lilies need after cutting back ... here in the UK we do not need to water them over winter or early spring as the weather here is usually wet enough at that time of year ... and bear in mind that the bulbs are dormant so need very little water anyway. We usually start watering again later in spring when the bulbs are actively growing / using more water and we get warmer / dryer weather. It could be different in other countries / climates around our wonderful world ...?

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Great video Roger and so Informative. I’ve only got the one type of Lily which is Pretty Woman but she’s an absolute beauty and I was wondering what to do with her when she’d finished flowering as I think I cut her back too soon last year. I’m definitely going to start a collection of them though.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hiya, good to hear from you again. So, leaving the stem and leaves while they are still green so that they can store energy back into the bulbs further next year is helpful. Maybe give them some fertiliser too as again that will help boost the bulbs for next year…grow sure slow release / tomato feed / rose food / fish blood and bone could all work (but liquid tomato feed may need to reject applications every couple of weeks. Once the leaves go yellow (which is usually October in our garden) I cut the stems right back as in the video. If we get any more hot weather they may need watering too - especially in they are pots. Does this help?

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

@@rogthegardener1 Do you mean give them feed them now with fertiliser? They are in a pot and the leaves look a bit tatty because of the Lily beetle (I’ve tried all sorts to get rid of them) but the flowers are gorgeous. I’m going to cut some leaves off my tomatoes too today after watching your last video as I’m sure that’s why mine are a bit slow there’s too many leaves on them. I learn something every time I watch your videos Roger, thanks.

[@rogthegardener1]

@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 yes a feed now would be great, it will basically be feeding the bulbs fur next year. Yep, keep picking off those lily beetles … you know about how to find their larvae do you?

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Unfortunately I do. Another thing I picked up from your videos!! 🤢

[@truenorthmuskoka9077]

Thx for the video. I had no idea I needed to wait until the leaves and stems turn yellow before trimming. Good thing I wait until my hostas turn yellow which is when I cut everything down.

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks for your comment - enjoy your garden!

[@cherylcrnecki4965]

Hi! Thank you for your video. Very informative. I have my first garden and do not know what I’m doing lol so I planted my tiger Lillie’s last year and did not know I was supposed to cut the stems. So now it’s April and I have tall brown sticks. If I cut them now, will I get anything back this year?

[@rogthegardener1]

I am sure they will be shooting up soon, yes just cut back the old stems now and you should see the new shoots very soon .. watch out for slugs / snails as the shoots first push through ... keep us posted with any progress - thanks

[@cartina21]

What size pots are you using? Do you have issues with Lily beetles?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi, thanks for your comment! We have a variety of pots ranging from approx 20 litres volume up to ... I guess70 / 80 litres Yes, the liliy beetles have started emerging over the last few days ... in this video we talk about how we try to control them kzbin.info/www/bejne/roaaoKuZpsidgaM

[@JoseSantos-jv7rt]

Hi.my lily is on the ground all the flowers gone now but the plant and leaves still green. I have to wait till they turn brown to cut it off? How much water should I give to the plant?my location is London. Thank you for the video it was very helpful

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Jose, thanks for your comment, if the leaves are still green then it is probably best to not cut them back and to keep the soil moist - how often you water will depend on the weather, but I would feel if the soil is damp to touch if it is damp it probably doesn't need water, if it is dry you could give it a drink ... another month or more of green leaves will enable to plant to store more energy back into the bulb - for more flowers next year! I hope this makes sense? - good luck! Let us know how your lilies do next year - OK?

[@catsrus-es9eu]

Hi Roger. I'm in Michigan, USA. I purchased some oriental lillies at English Gardens and the ladies told me they won't come back if i leave them in the pot. I don't have full sun anywhere except area where it's all cement; hence why i out them in pots. The ladies saud the same thing about some hydrangeas i potted, but they came back. What do you think.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Thanks for your comment - here in the South Wales both Hydrangeas and Oriental lilies come back each year no problem, but our winters are not usually as cold as yours could be in Michigan - I wonder if it is because of your winters that your local experts (who are always worth listening to - as they know what works locally) have advised against leaving outside. Certainly putting your lily pots in the sun for summer is a good idea, Hydrangeas seem to enjoy shade here in the UK. Do you have somewhere you could put your lily pots (like a greenhouse or a even a garage with some natural light) when you get really cold weather ... our lilies have been exposed to -5C a few times with no problems but is when you may get -15C over there in Michigan that maybe there could be a problem - so that is when you may want to look at some extra protection? ...does that make sense?

[@catsrus-es9eu]

@@rogthegardener1 that makes perfect sense. winters are brutal here, but negative temps are not that common. But we have had an occasional temputer drop bow negative 5. I have a garage; ill put them in there and hope for the best. The hydrangeas came back and we had a particularly bad winter this year. Thanks 😊

[@foxybuddy]

Do we just leave those bulbs in the pot for winter sleep? Any care we shall provide during the winter sleep please?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi - thanks for your comment, we leave ours outside all through winter without any care ... we do get frosts but not usually lower than about -5C (they have experienced occasionally slightly colder nights) - where are you living ... how cold does it get?

[@foxybuddy]

@@rogthegardener1hi Roger, the coldest time in winter is about 5 degrees Celsius, but it rains a lot, I wonder if I should keep the bulbs pot away from rain, how about in the garage? Does winter sleep request sunlight as well?

[@foxybuddy]

@@rogthegardener1 I'm in New Zealand

[@rogthegardener1]

@@foxybuddy Ooh - we loved New Zealand! visited back in 1999!

[@rogthegardener1]

@@foxybuddy I am guessing you are on North Island? I bet we get more rain than you here in Wales - we never seem to get a problem with the winter rain - the stems die back the bubs have a rest (we keep the potted ones in a saucer) during summer months to hold more water, but we take them out of the saucers over winter until the following early early summer - hope this makes sense?

[@philiprichards6289]

Hi, so when I cut them stems this autumn, do new stems grow through next spring or do the old ones re-grow? Thanks.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Great question! My impression is that they send up new shoots each year and the number of shoots increases each year as the bulbs grow and multiply Are you growing many lilies?

[@philiprichards6289]

@rogthegardener1 It's the first year I've grown them. I have two large pots with 4 stems in each at the moment. Leaves just starting to go yellow so waiting a while longer before cutting the stem as advised in your video.

[@rogthegardener1]

@@philiprichards6289 that’s the way to do it 😊👍

[@wandasinger7713]

Great video. How many bulbs did you put in those pots? Thank you 😊

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi - we usually start with between 3 and 6 bulbs per pot ... and they quickly multiply!

[@g.c.7402]

I planted some lilies early spring (8 bulbs) my husband mowed the tops off of 7😢 one lived but has no buds. The one that he missed is growing buds🥰 Will the 7 bulbs grow next year?

[@rogthegardener1]

Wow - thanks for your comment, this sounds like a quite saga for you! you know that there is no guarantee with plants, but bulbs have a the capacity to regenerate ... its what they do every year, so I think that despite this years set back you should leave them to do their best for the rest of this year. Do the cut backs plants have any green leaves left? let them die back as normal later in the year and then next spring watch out for some new shoots in March / april they may need some protection from slugs (and lawnmowers!) and should be able to grow properly next year - I hope so - please keep us posted with any progress - OK?

[@_GarethRossUK]

I found some invading plants that had very bulging bulb like features very shallow in the soil next to the lily stems directly by each of the bulbs. they were growing very slowly just green shoots out of the soil no roots growing out of the very shallow bulb looking base. any idea if these are from lily seed pods or another invader trying to take food supply from the lily?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi thanks for your comment! it is hard to be sure without seeing the bulbs .... they do sound like 'baby bulbs' hopefully from the lily, they are probably not from seeds (in my experience) more like to be ... if you want to see what they are you could carefully pick them out of the ground and plant them into a pot(s) and see how they grow for a year or two. We tried to grow our own baby bulbs - and succeeded! - here is a video to show what we did and how we then planted up our baby bulbs into a pot - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjEdHl5qMt0fqM Hope this helps - let us know how you get on, thanks!

[@_GarethRossUK]

@@rogthegardener1 Thanks, a year later those didn't develop into anything and the appeared again this Autumn. I do think they are some type of weed that is stunted and slow to grow, there is a shared path on the other side of the fence and I spotted the exact same leaves they dont do any harm but do spread. We did get double the ammount of lilly shoots in the second year. I covered them over winter and found they flowered for a few weeks longer than the first year.

[@Cathleen-jo7vu]

Hello, my stargazers are shedding all their leaves, what am i doing wrong?, were still in spring

[@rogthegardener1]

Ah sorry to hear this, are you in able to email me a couple of photos of the plant so I can try to see what’s happening? [e-mail]

[@mysticmaiden2000]

Hi I'm from north east uk. We get cold winters here. Have just cut back lillies as they turned brown and cut them down to base. Can I store them in the shed over winter to protect them and can they stay in the dark and without water? There is a window with wooden cover that I can drop down for light if necessary. I had them in a basket next to my window last year and in late spring transported and divided them into 3 pots before flowers arrived and they flowered ok with orange flowers. Also do you add fertiliser at anytime during the year? Final question do you deadhead the wilting flowers? I haven't and they dont grow back so only get one set of flowers!

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi, thanks for your comment / questions, I'll have a go at helping .... - so I have never lifted any of our lily bulbs, they stay in the large pots in all weathers ... and have been outside in at least minus 8 or 9 degrees C. I think that you can lift and store them in dry sawdust or similar, somewhere like a shed should be OK - but if it gets seriously cold (especially if it is below freezing during the day as well as over night) then I would bring them into a cool room in the house. When they are outside in the ground they are a little insulated by the soil / compost but possibly less so out of the ground in a shed...if it worked ok for you last year - then all good to do the same again ( I just don't want the work of lifting all the bulbs and think that maybe without being lifted / disturbed every year they may be stronger / and more settled...? I usually add slow release high potash fertilizer (Westland Growsure slow release) in spring this lasts up to 6 month so by applying in April it keeps them fed until late summer / autumn - in this video we show a lot more about lilies including how we plant and feed them kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3eQZaqZqtSDhZo No I do not generally dead head, although maybe I should, I have been able to collect some seeds by leaving the dead flowers go to seed, by all means cut them off but leave as much green leaf for as long as possible as the plant / bulbs will benefit from from that Hope this makes sense? PS - much love to the fine folks of the North East - of my favourite garden centres is in Newcastle (Cowells - do you know it?)

[@mysticmaiden2000]

@@rogthegardener1 thanks so much for all your comments and advice. I will be following your link. Another question, sorry, would they be ok in the pots in the dark shed, do you think? And what about watering over winter? The last 2 years I left them in the window baskets over winter because i was very new to gardening and didnt know how to look after them! They did flower and spread but they were also raised off the frosty ground. This year i transferred them to large pots placed on the patio and they are getting water logged over autumn outside now and with the ground getting colder and constantly wet, i'm thinking its best to keep them in the shed in their pots. I live in Middlesbrough but travel to Newcastle often as have family there. Will have to check that garden centre out!

[@rogthegardener1]

@@mysticmaiden2000 Thanks - you can use bricks or 'pot feet' underneath pots over the winter so that they dry out a bit, but putting them in the shed would also work - I would let them go quite dry inside the she with only a little water if they are 'bone dry' until you put them outside again in spring - when the weather will sort it out for you!

[@mysticmaiden2000]

@@rogthegardener1 Thanks. I am looking for pot feet for my remaining patio plants that haven't died back ie dwarf roses, French lavender and olive tree but I am finding them hard to source. B&q don't have them so I will have to try a garden centre. Much love to you all in Wales, I lived there for 9 months a few years back when I was working in a hospital in the north Bodelwyddan and also visited Conwy and Llandudno. Beautiful scenery and kind people!

[@rogthegardener1]

@@mysticmaiden2000 Thanks! yes there has been a national shortage of pot feet ( I kid you not!) but the centres around here had some delivered just in the last few weeks

[@DeViLiShAnGeL116]

Hello! I bought my mom one potted stargazer which is thriving rn but im sure in about 2 weeks it will start turning brown. I live in the philippines where we have no seasons, just summer or rainy season all year, so should i just water the bulb regularly once i cut it down?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi thanks for your comment - and Hi to the Philippines! - so I am not absolutely sure about this subject of growing lilies in a climate such as yours ... certainly look after / water them as usual while the leaves are still green, and do not cut back the stems until the leaves go brown. Then they need to have a rest for a few months (as they would in our colder winters here in the UK), some people have spoken about digging out the bulbs and putting them in a freezer for a few months ... but I am not sure how that would work really. The good news is that I just looked online and there several people in the Philippines asking the same question, here is a link to a forum about it in your country, maybe some of the people on there will be able to help you - please keep us posted with your progress - good luck - hope this helps? stargazerdiaries.blogspot.com/2016/06/growing-stargazer-in-tropical-settings.html

[@DeViLiShAnGeL116]

@@rogthegardener1 Wow thank you so much! This is so helpful, I've been searching on what to do and kept ending up with nothing. This is a big help thank you!

[@rogthegardener1]

@@DeViLiShAnGeL116 you are very welcome - appreciate your enthusiastic feedback - thanks! enjoy your garden

[@jonhawkins2374]

When do you cut them? Fall?

[@rogthegardener1]

Yes, you’re right, I usually start cutting them back as the leaves change colour from green to yellow/brown- which is usually October 👍

[@adrianlyons6667]

Very useful video Roger, thank you! I have a question: my lily has died back just as your one above and I am waiting to cut the stems. However, there are 4-5 green shoots popping out from the soil below each stem. What are these? Should I still cut back the brown, dry, dead lillies or should I remove totally and focus on the shoots? I bought the lily plant in the store so not entirely sure what's in the soil.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi thanks for your comment, can I ask where in the world are you? I would probably cut back any dead stems as in the video - but I would leave any green shoots and see what they do ... I might also consider applying some fertilizer to help those new shoots but might depend what season you are in which is why I am asking where you live / what season you are in ...?

[@adrianlyons6667]

@@rogthegardener1 Thanks for the reply Roger. I am in Ireland/EU so we are just coming in to proper Summer

[@rogthegardener1]

@@adrianlyons6667 Great - Hi to our friends in Ireland! - so yes I would leave those new shoots and add some fertilizer, and see how things develop through the summer - please keep us posted!

[@carolsloanes4938]

We've had problems with the red lilly beetle, would you recommend changing the soil in our pots of lillies.tks

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Carol, I have never removed all the soil of ours - I think it would be a lot of hard work and could 'disturb' the bulbs to some measure - and to be honest you could start off the new season with fresh soil and then as soon as the adult beetles are out and about (normally mid April) they can come along and re-infect your plants - they seem to be very common now here in Wales .... where are you? So I have found that a combination of picking off the adults and the pupae and then spraying (reluctantly) with a suitable insecticide can keep them at bay, below are links to 2 of my videos which talk about control of lily beetle, they may be of use? Please do let us know how you get on if you decide to try removing the soil ... if it works it may mean that we use less insecticide which must be good? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4GtpXiretSlrrc kzbin.info/www/bejne/roaaoKuZpsidgaM I hope this helps? Roger

[@carolsloanes4938]

@@rogthegardener1 thanks for the feedback Roger. I've decided to leave the lilies in their pots,as the weather is so bad, my garden is waterlogged. I will decide what to do next in Spring. These beetles are relentless, they breed and produce more copiously than rabbits, and we all know rabbits are like !

[@rogthegardener1]

@@carolsloanes4938 Makes sense, yes we now have a natural paddling pool instead of a garden!

[@susanlewis8739]

Hi, I have a lot of lilies from previous years that are small and haven’t flowered. Do i leave them in the pots and add feed? Thanks Sue in Swansea

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Susan - just been watching Swansea city in the football ... nail-biting stuff! Feeding yes always a good idea - I use Grow sure slow release granules (other brands are available!) - but if they have been in the same (small?) pot for a year then they may well need more root room either by planting in the ground or into larger pots ... the sooner the better ... keep us posted, thanks for your comment

[@fonman2912]

Roger, I'm new to planting lilies, I have just 2 bulbs of Pretty Woman Orienpet . Do i cut back stems like you did in the video? I'm planning on planting them in my garden and not a pot.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi There, sorry I missed your comment and question (not sure why KZbin didn't notify me). How are your lilies now? Yes I would cut back the stems in the autumn once they have turned brown and look dead, if the leaves are still green leave them to take in some more energy from the sun etfc - does that make sense?

[@Zooballz147]

When lilies are cut down for following next bloom year, should you still water the soil and keep moist????? If anyone has information to share I would really appreciate it.

[@rogthegardener1]

Here in the UK we do not need to water them after cutting back in autumn because the weather is always wet enough to keep them watered through winter and early spring - in a diferent country / climate that could of course be different - which country are you in ... do you have damp winters?

[@novahina]

Rising Moon 🌝

[@rogthegardener1]

Yep - thats a beautiful variety!

[@emae83ep]

My lillies have bloomed, before I bought them. I planted them in the ground, now the petals have died and fell off. What do I do with them now? Will they bloom again?

[@emae83ep]

The stems are still green, just petals have wilted and fell off

[@flamboyant731]

same thing happened to me

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi - they should be fine, you will not get any more flowers this year, but keep them watered and maybe add some fertilizer so that the bulbs can grow under ground and come back much stronger next year. Do not cut back the stems until the leaves and stems have died in the autumn - hope that makes sense?

[@rogthegardener1]

@@emae83ep Hi - they should be fine, you will not get any more flowers this year, but keep them watered and maybe add some fertilizer so that the bulbs can grow under ground and come back much stronger next year. Do not cut back the stems until the leaves and stems have died in the autumn - hope that makes sense?

[@susanbjurstrom6631]

What is the name of the lily in the beginning of your video?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Susan, thanks for your question - those pinks flowers are Nerines (I think the variety is N.Bowdenii) - I hope that helps? enjoy your garden!

[@mygardenhomestead]

👍👍👍

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks for the thumbs up - enjoy your garden!

[@alicetuet9081]

Once cut the lilies, do we have to put mulch or top soil?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Alice - thanks for your comment, and good question. I tend to top up the compost / soil level in the spring ready for the summer growth ... but if we had colder winters (our winters don't usually get too frosty) then I wold be tempted to add some bark or soil in the winter .. so if you get cold winters then maybe your Bark idea is a good one ...?

[@K15_08]

@@rogthegardener1 in my country there's no winter season How to store Lily bulbs in a country without winter?

[@rogthegardener1]

@@K15_08 That's a good question, I do not have any experience of this myself as here in the UK we always have a cool winters. However a few people from around the world have asked similar questions as yours, some of them talk about putting their lily bulbs into a fridge / cold store to provide a 'false winter' ... there is also this article from somebody in Hawaii it may be of interest ? www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/2011-September/0nm0hq6307679ujkn2gelpd0h2.html# Good luck! - please keep us posted with your progress.

[@tylertowne8648]

@@K15_08 I'm in South Louisiana, I don't cut them at all. Come Spring, I fertilize ... I add a layer of compost around them, old horse manure ( must look like black dirt) is the bomb for them! My 86 yr old neighbor brought me a small trailer load and 2 , 5 gallon buckets of this horse manure tea. My container garden vegetables are looking great planted in garden soil and this compost which is loose and airy stuff. I get lush blooms on my amaryllis and the big lilies starting in late March, it's now April 20 and they're in bloom. In my area, amaryllis, the candy stripe( orange and white) and the big daylily, ( looks like an Easter lily, but red)both of these have the large thick pointed foliage. I have the deep red tall lily both in pots and in the ground, it never dies down . Theres No need to cut it if it's not dead foliage and you're going to get flowers so much quicker. The thin foliage of the other lilies may get a little frost burn here but they never die out, either. Hope this helps.

[@VexedDaily]

Hi, love your videos. I have 2 questions. How do I prune a Butterfly bush? It is out of control. And I have a new climbing rose bush just planted this summer. Should I prune it? I’m in Ohio, US.

[@rogthegardener1]

Thanks Tammy! Two good questions there. Butterfly bush ( I assume we are talking about a Buddleia) are quite easy to prune ...although they will quickly grow back to the size they were before your prune! however pruning may keep them tidier and encourage more flowers, so I usually prune them like this ... Autumn, I sometimes give them a general tidy up trim, just to keep them neat over winter and reduce the chance of them catching the winter winds and rocking which could damage the base of the plant, I am usually only taking off some branch tips and only reducing the overall size of the plant by about 10% (sometimes I don't bother with an autumn prune at all and wait until spring - which is the main time for a prune). Spring, you can cut back quite hard (by at least 50%, I usually do this in February or March when I can see some new shoots starting) .. I need to do a video to show this (thanks for the idea!) in the meantime it is very similar to Rose pruning, and if you don't mind scrolling down my list of videos you will find some rose pruning videos which may be of use until I produce my new Buddliea videos? Climbing Roses are a little more involved, I don't have a video for them (again my bush rose pruning video may be of some help but climbing roses is a little different) so here is a link to a web page from the Royal Horticultural Association who I would trust - hope this all helps? www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=189

[@VexedDaily]

Roger Thanks so much. It did help.

[@tylertowne8648]

Here in Louisiana I grow massive amaryllis and lilies that never die down. The amaryllis are in full bloom right now , I have about 20 pots of those and my lilies are deep green and growing madly, will be blooming soon. Nothing like seeing fat stalks seemingly pop up overnight and within days, I have 6-7 inch blooms. Last year, I planted day lilies and it was a rainy spring, they didn't do anything but this year, they're looking great, too. My dahlias and peonies are up 18 inches or more and a deep thick lush foliage. Everything is in pots of 1 gallon to 10 gallon sizes. My 100 yr old oak tree serves as the landscape base for all my pots. Lilies are the easiest flowers to grow here in the deep South. I have no insect or disease problems.

[@mjaffer6763]

Hello, I cut back my Lilly’s last autumn just like how you did. Now in spring, the stems are with holes like you’re showing of the last year. Is there any chance of these Lilly’s growing this year? Please help.

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi There, sorry I missed your comment and question (not sure why KZbin didn't notify me), How are your lilies looking now?

[@humerafarooq3560]

Some people say don’t cut them that low if you what them to get really tall?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi - many thanks for your comment, I have not heard that myself - here in the UK it is common practice to cut back right to the base of the plant once the leaves have died. However it is important to wait until the leaves have died ... and maybe this is what you have heard - if you want to just cut off the dead flowers in summer then you do not cut back low, as the green leaves will still be photosynthesizing (long word!) and storing energy for next year which will in turn help the plants to get taller each year ... so I suppose yes your comment is true if applied to summer 'trimming' where as what we are doing in the video is a harder cut back later in the year once the leaves have turned brown - does that make sense?

[@karlaflores8858]

What about a hard freeze?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi - that's a great question, thanks So, I guess it depends on how e define a hard freeze - mine have been outside in those pots for over 10 years now, in all weathers. Here in South Wales UK we do get winter frosts' last December we got to minus 8 degrees and they have endured major snowfalls ... but cant speak from experience of much colder temperatures .. can I ask where you are living and how cold it gets in winter?

[@karlaflores8858]

@@rogthegardener1 well I’m in the states, zone 4/5. Maybe mine will be ok then.

[@rogthegardener1]

@@karlaflores8858 Sorry we do not use any zones here in the UK as you do ion the US - I think your system is great - I just had a look online. But do not fully understand the details .. it seems to me that Zone 8a would be similar to ours here in south wales .. so cannot be sure how the lily bulbs would fare ... is there a nursery near you who could advise on your local climate ?

[@allisacannon5783]

I’m not sure if one of my lilies is alive as I didn’t care for it as I should have. How do I know if there are bulbs that are still good in the soil?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi Allisa, hopefully you should see some shoots coming through the soil very soon - where are you living . are in you in spring right now?

[@smyrnasstory]

“Also, why are you anxious about clothing? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin. But I tell you that not even Solʹo·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. Now if this is how God clothes the vegetation of the field that is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much rather clothe you, you with little faith?”

[@rogthegardener1]

Yep that's truth right there! thanks for your comment!

[@jawadmohammadi6881]

Hi there can you please tell me what type of compost I need for repotting my oriental ? Thanks

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi, sorry for the late reply for some reason KZbin are not notifying me of all my viewer comments. I use a mixed compost which contains some low peat (less than 50%) multipurpose compost and some John Innes compost (contains soil) mixed in with it - here in the UK I use one made by Westland compost. You could mix your own by mixing some good multipurpose compost with soil John Innes number 3 soil based compost. Hope that helps?

[@christinegibbs2429]

How do you store the pots of bulbs?

[@rogthegardener1]

Hi There, sorry I missed your comment and question (not sure why KZbin didn't notify me). We leave our pots of lilies outside all through the winter - they seem to cope with frosts of at least -5C here in South Wales and have occasional experienced nearer to -10C! Where are you living?

[@rogthegardener1]

I would also mention that we plant our bulbs quite deep in the pot (4-6 inches) which provides them with some extra winter protection

[@christinegibbs2429]

@@rogthegardener1 I live in Florida USA

[@rogthegardener1]

@@christinegibbs2429 That sounds nice! I should imagine that your winters are warmer than ours so you should be fine leaving them outside overwinter?