cutting down lillies

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mrsbean

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cutting down lillies
« on: July 31, 2016, 00:03 »
Sorry if this has been asked before. Is it ok to cut down my spent lillies that are in pots, or do they need to die back like daffs do. I could do with the pots for surplus plants that i still have in 3ins pots that are flowering. The lillies are 3ft high.

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Re: cutting down lillies
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2016, 07:59 »
I cut the flower buds of but leave the stems to die back to feed the bulbs,plus sometimes you get a bonus & get little bulbils in the leaf axils to grow lots of new ones. Can you tip them out of the pots you want to use again & repot them into something else?
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Re: cutting down lillies
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2016, 11:35 »
Thanks Snowdrops, i will leave them. The pot is a large ceramic one. I will tip out my spent freesias out of a smaller plastic one. Think i,m right, do,nt think freesias will come again next year. Please tell me if thats  wrong.

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Re: cutting down lillies
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2016, 20:06 »
Freesias are a bulb/corm so should come again

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Re: cutting down lillies
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2016, 22:40 »
Thanks Snowdrops, will put out an extra pot. My front garden is no bigger than a postage stamp and my back is only a tiny yard. So pleased i have an allotment, but like a bit of colour to look at though my window.



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