Lilium 2013

[mikhurram]

Furthermore Asiastic Lilliums can also be propogates through their leaves. I know someone in Lahore who successfully makes use of this technique. More details about this technique can be found in the below url

http://www.growingthehomegarden.com/200 ... eaves.html

Sometimes tiny bulbets also tend to form in the stem. I cut the stems only after they start turning brown in case bulblets form.

I also believe that your lilliums are asiastic.

[Hamad]

Lilies can also be propagated from the scales and I tried from leaves but no success and now I will try from scales and what I believe is that it will be successful from scales because its more natural way of propagation check the link below for propagation from scales

http://www.mikesbackyardgarden.org/lilyprop.html

Hamad

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

The bulbs are so cheep that it is not worth the effort.

[mikhurram]

Sir even at Rs 50 per bulb if one intends to purchase 100 bulbs the total becomes colossal. I agree that for those intending to purchase 20-30 bulbs it is not worth to wait for propogation through scales or leaves. For those who have previous stock of lilliums and intend to create a bed of lilliums in hundreds then perhaps propogation would be more feasible.

[aykhan]

Bed of lilliums in hundreds!!! What to do with the bed when they're dormant? Sir aap nursery to nahin khol rahey I am tempted to think how hundreds of lilliums blooming would look like! Probably worth the space ...

[mikhurram]

100 lilliums won't consume a lot of space. They can be planted on raised bed along with dutch Irises. Dutch Iris tend to flower in beginning of March and Lilliums at this time of the year. A secluded corner in the garden can be reserved for them. For contemplation, Dutch Iris in front, Bearded Irises in the middle and Asiastic or Longiflorum lilliums at the back of the bed. Foliage of Dutch Iris and Lillium tend disapear a few months after flowering.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Imran, 100 lilium bulbs would cost less than what you paid for your 5 Clamitis.
By vegetative propagation you will get more of what you already have and that too after2-3 years of nursing.
My experience of growing them in beds has been a failure.
It is only after their survival in pots that I have decided to buy more but of different varieties other than what I already have.
Arif

[mikhurram]

AoA Arif Sahib,

Surprisingly around 80% of my Asiatic Lilliiums have managed to survive in my garden bed with little care attention paid to them. You are right it would would take 2-3 years of nursing to increase stock by vegetative propagation but worth an experiment.

regards,
imran khurram

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I also failed to grow Dutchn Iris, They bloomed the first time and never again.What is your experience?

[mikhurram]

Please see my detailed reply in the following url about Dutch Iris.

http://www.gardeningpakistan.com/viewto ... 9&start=10

I purchased around 120 Dutch Irises in autumn of 2007. Around 80 were planted in a soil bed having good drainage and sunshine from morning till 11:am. The other 40 were planted in a area with poor drainage not surprisingly failed to survive.

The 120 planted in an area with good drainage and dappled shade ever since 2007 have been sprouting on a regular basis and have multiplied with the passage of time. Apart from bulbets reproduction, i suspect they also multiply through self seeding.

The key thing is good drainage and dappled shade. They start sprouting in November and start giving flowers in the beginning of March. At the end of march they are done with their flowering. The foliage tends to die back in the summer months of May. At the end of May, the garden bed is empty. One may get the wrong impression that they have have died whereas they bulblets are storing energy to sprout in the following spring.

Care should be taken to take the weeds gently in the following months out as our Mali's have a tendency to resort to heaving digging which needs to be avoided altogether. I have kept that area strictly reserved for Dutch Irises. For me they have been a success. Also i have never given them any fertlizer.