Greetings, Niall, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 ❤️ Brilliant instructions on adding gravel. I grow Amaryllis in pots and in my Garden. They give me a gorgeous show each Spring. I hope you have a great St. Patty's Day 🌿💚🌿
Thank you. You pointed out my mistake. I hit a lily pot with the mower and transplanted into another pot but they did not come back. Now I realize I planted them too shallow. I probably should add soil to the surviving pot and start again following your instructions with new ones.
I just came upon your video. I am not botanically inclined, so I'm learning how to grow flowers. Love the instructions, and I ❤️❤️❤️ the accent. The Irish accent is on I can recognize matters not how faint.
Excellent video! The third idea is a great one…. As I’ve bulb lasagnes all over the place at the moment. After watching your bulb lasagne planting video last autumn, I planted a bunch of them. Great idea it was too. They worked great
Hi Niall: I planted 8 lily bulbs in a square plastic container (not much larger than the bucket you showed) thinking I would get 8 nice lilies about 2 feet high. Well, I got 8 stalks with about 15 huge flowers per stalk and each stalk was nearly 6 1/2 feet tall. I could hardly believe my eyes. I've never seen that happen before. Anyway, I'm totally sold on orange lilies and am very grateful to you for this and all of your other videos. Thank you, DA
@@GPG0000 You won't believe this, but I got them at 50% off at Lowe's in NOVEMBER of that year. The 2nd year, they grew to the same height but there were 11 stalks with the many blooms per stock. Then I realized I needed to get them in the soil. This year, I got 14 stalks but they didn't grow as tall as in years passed. I think they were about 4 1/2 feet tall. That may have been because I was gone when they really needed water a couple of times.
Niall, a great video with lots of great info as always. Lilie's are my favourite flowers outdoors, i can't have indoors because of allergies in the house. When they flower, i find myself greeting them as they open daily.Love that last tip big time, never thought of doing that. Rem if lilie beetles turn up, they are red,have tissue at hand,don't touch the plant, put tissue is one hand underneath where they are,then, with other hand, touch the area, the beetle in defence, will automatically drop off, ta da,into the tissue, Sorry i then i dispose of them never to return. Their eggs can be found under a leaf,black in colour, i kill by hand. They can destroy a lily in no time,trust me ,i learned the hard way. It was only in one area they appeared, so don't always turn up. Thanks for the great growing tips, i only yesterday bought some more (that were reduced )for my garden. Hope all well Niall, and todays weather better than yesterday. Have a super day.
Hi Lorraine! Yeah for the final method, I'd seen in on an old Gardener's World years ago and it's just so handy. That's such good info on the lily beetles - I'm keeping everything crossed that I don't get any (though I know I probably will!). Have a super week, at least in between all these windy wet days we're having!
@@niallgardens i had none for years, and two years ago they made their presence known. They don't go at anything else thankfully. Its a great tip, and thank you for sharing. Sadly after great work up the allotment, now timing is issue, the times i can get up the weather has been bad. Have a super week.
3rd option is exactly what I had come up with last winter for all my spring bulbs... Potted up same colour tulip bulbs in grocery tubs that come for fruits.. Also used plastic drinking cups that I had around for individual bulbs, vburrued them in a raised bed outdoors and mulched so that they root and sprout after the chill... I can see good leafes now so am. Planning to pot them now in the containers in arrangments 😁.. Exactly as u said this offers flexibility to change up things a bit in your garden every year
I'm surprised by the difference between your zone and mine (7b-Slovenia), we are absolutely freezing with morning temperatures of -7C. The ground is deeply frozen, your place.....everything is rosy! Nevertheless, yesterday I got down to sowing flowers indoors. So far sea lavender mix, narrow-leaved coneflower, china asters and lemon thyme. I'm not expecting much, hoping for the best. Looking forward to your next video, keep them coming!
I have lilies that have spouted. They put on a great show last year that I put a reminder on my phone to plant more. I'm all for plants that perform well with little fuss. I have dahlia tubers planted in small pots like your 3rd example. Fingers crossed 🤞
Love love love lilies, they were my very first plants I grew as a nervous non grower after many failed attempts at other plants. They renewed my confidence in flower gardening. I always cut a flower stem to bring in the house and enjoy the scent which seems to waft and dissipate so it’s like smelling it for the first time all evening and it lasts for weeks. They really are my guilty pleasure and I now have a real collection of varieties including 3 new ones this year 😊 You mentioned drying out the bulbs in the lasagne planted pot, silly question I’m sure, but can they be left in situ for the following year if I don’t need the pot? Haven’t seen the minis in a while, hope they’re doing well….. my two get quite excited when we go to the poly more and more, I’m sure they know know that the munchies will soon begin!
I planted some last weekend but now I want to plant more! Great idea with growing them on in containers to get them ready. This video has got me so excited for spring 😁🙏
Thank you, I use cloth material pot ,so much more safe ,no need to drill hole, not worry about over heating, if it raining a lot ,the water will just go right true the material and your soil will drying quickly, think About, to me it make so much more sense ❤
I'm very interesting, my daughter send my lily bulbs in the first time,so now I carefully planting it in containers, n starting now, I love watching those video n try the guide lines for planting my lilies, wish I can get some free bulbs 😇, thanks for sharing your gardens ideas,❤️
great video Niall! the house only came with one lily in the garden which was hidden from view because of the overgrown hedging! So hoping to plant more around the garden to enjoy that burst of colour amongst the various daffodils already here! Have a great week and enjoy St Paddys Day on Thursday! think of us brits still working!
Hi Niall , Regards George from Canada/ Toronto , a great video , Your knowledge is amazing ,Thanks so much for sharing all you've learned; it's very much appreciated. My question to you , Here in Canada/Toronto where I live. We have a lot of snow and rain in February or March, then if the Lilies bulbs start in pots indoors, how often do I water the bulbs in a week or month in winter , or not I need to water it , Thanks again 😊😊🙏🙏
Yes, your right about their longevity. In the house I'm in now I inherited a healthy patch of the common orange lilies (aside from the common orange daylilies), and it amazes me these plants have been there probably well over 100 years still coming up greeting the current residents every summer. Nice to think how many people have enjoyed this ritual every year. I know there are always question on lily beetles which I don't have out in North Dakota but were a problem back in Rhode Island. The cup method always worked for me if I added a little bit soap to a half full cup of water. Any kind of unwanted bug can be easily knocked in and can't get out and suffocates in seconds from the soap and then just toss them into the compost.
Just bought some lily bulbs and dalias. 👍 So it's great to get your advice right now. 😊 🌺 (The dalias i will keep inside until there is no more frost at night.) Because i only have a balcony i have to plant them in pots. I guess i add some spring flower bulbs like daffodils and grape hyacinths on the top. These are just starting to show their shoots here in south Germany. So these pots look already nice till the lilies come up. Some of the bulbs i keep for my mom as an easter present. These will stay in smaller pots until i carry them to her garden. 😊
The one thing I will say is that in many regions here in America, it gets so hot in the summer that containers, um, they cook so to speak. And for that reason I tend to keep containers for showy anuals that don't have a temperature sensitive bulb. My bulbs seem to do better in the ground because the containers get so hot. I know over there in the U.K. the temps stay more even. Just throwing it out there that in hot regions, that slightly deeper planting depth plus the overall cool of the Earth really helps the bulbs stay happy and not stressed out. Edit: Haha. Then you mention not cooking them. But seriously, even non-metal pots cook over here. Better to plant lilies in the ground in most places that are hot here in America.
Hey Niall was busy 🧤in the garden today sowed 🌱lupin seeds , 🌱cosmos, 🌱sweet William, 🌱marigolds 🌱so didn’t get around to sowing my Lillie’s which have all sprouted then I watched your video in the evening and I’m glad I didn’t now because I didn’t realize that we have to sow them that deep at all, I would have left the sprouted part above ground as I wud feel I’m killing it by covering it so Thanks for the demonstration il be sowing mine Deep tomorrow weather permitting 🤞Love Lillies , 💚☘️Happy St.Patricks Day☘️💚
Thank you Niall for the helpful video. Can i follow the same steps also for the gladiolus? Can i plant the bulbs now with the lily bulbs in small containes, keep them inside and later plant them in the garden?
One year, I was sick and not able to plant my lilies trees in the soil. So, I plant them in a BIG put and they pass the winter inside my home in middle of fall season. So they tought it was spring. So, they finish by having flower inside. At spring, put back out, they think it was fall. Let them there and they had a second flowering!
Thanks so much! I have a HUGE lily order coming 🌱. I was curious if I could pot them up this year and move to them around until I’m happy with the plant combinations.
My daughters love lilies, I buy them whenever I can. This week I bought lilies in pots which look fabulous in full flower! My question is - December now - so when will these lilies start to grow again? I live in Scotland and I am new to gardening, but managing to create a nice garden, but I am now into wanting to grow lilies in my garden and my girls gardens.
Very helpful! Planting my first bulbs ever. Any recommendations on how much water they need? (I’m in Colorado, so it’s incredibly dry). …This is the best video I found on planting these!
Hello thank you very much for this beautiful video. I'm afraid I came too late to your video. I planted my first Lily bulbs in mid fab. They are called eyeliner lily with white flowers. At a time of purchase the bulbs had already sprouted to about 2" height and I planted them to the depth of only the bulbs assuming that the sprout must stay outside the soil. Then came weeks of heavy frost and now I see the sprout has turned brown. Is there anyway i can save them or they are a right-off. An advice on this matter will be much appreciated. Thanks for lovely presentation.
Thanks Niall, it is a great video! I am going to buy some tomorrow and plant some this year! :) Would it be possible to reuse the same soil in the same pot that I have plant the spring bulbs this spring (tulip and daffodil just finished flowering)? Please advise. Thanks again.
This is very helpful Niall, i might try the container ones for the store bought lily bulbs and the third option for the bulbs that i have saved from last year. Thanks for this lovely video, I’m from Ireland as well. Would love to know where u have bought your metal buckets 👍🏻😍
Hello, thank you for a great video. I have a question - my mother in law brought me an Amazon lilly, it's one bulb with a leaf, but leaf got kinda broken during transport. Should I cut it down to the bulb or no? Thanks.
Hi I grew Lilly flower from bulbs as first time gardener here but then I noticed the flower dried out and saw you tube videos that we need to remove it’s pollen so I already lost two flowers so how do I regrow more lilies? Can I use stamens to grow more lilies?
Hi Niall would you be able to recommend some trees that look nice and don't grow to big also I have been interest in a tree called Liquidambar but have been told the roots are very invasive is this right ?
Hi niall, I'm in ni, was wondering if you could advise, I've a huge arum lily, it's old, I've had it about 10 years so it's looking very overcrowded at the base now, it only gave 1 flower last year, my question is can I split it with a spade, and if so whne can I do it thanks so much
Was it potted in soil? If so, I would just feed and keep the plant happy to put sustenance back into the bulb. It'll eventually die back but should regrow next year
I would deadhead them to avoid them producing seed, keep watering and feeding the plants to help them bulk up for next year, then either let them die back naturally in the pots and keep them there, or lift the bulbs and store them for next year's plantings. Hope this helps!
If you do not place the lily bulbs deep enough in the soil (3 times of their own height or no less than 2 times), you can either redo the planting (more work) or simply dump more dirt above their current location to make up the depth, more like making a small hill. Although your zone has a very mild winter, you can keep your lily bulbs cool and moist in the deeper soil during the hot summer.
Btw, the bulb planted deep enough in the ground can help support its weight when the entire plant grows to a bigger one eventually (in a few years). I once had several big lilies from the same bulb planted several years ago, so heavy on the flower stalk but the stem had no problem to stay put!
@@lovepeony1478 I've got 3 bulbs planted in a big 12" container. Two pots with 3 bulbs each. I planted them deeper and added extra soil on top. Thanks for the help!
@@barbaraowens2299 I am sure you will have pretty liles blooming in the summer! Last week when I was at the store, I could not resist to buy a pack of 4 Asiatic Lilies (Sugar Love) bulbs to plant for summer bloom. I used to have pinky, yellow, and white lilies in the front and back of my garden but they're all gone for different reasons after years. My zone is like 5a/b, so the winter can be very chilly, so the depth of planting can definitely affect its survival over the harsh winter, although the package states they're hardy bulbs to stay in the ground throughout the winter.
Adding grit to a planting hole doesn't do anything to help drainage, the same way it's been proven it doesn't do so in pots (quite the opposite actually). You've got a huge volume of soil around your bulb and you expect those few grains of gravel to actually do something? Not in the slightest.
Hope this video gives you some useful information and tips for growing your own lilies! Say hello in the comments, I love chatting with you!
Awesome idea with the container growing and planting them when my garden has the space.
Thank you, clear and precise instructions. I'm from Mumbai, India.
Greetings, Niall, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 ❤️
Brilliant instructions on adding gravel. I grow Amaryllis in pots and in my Garden. They give me a gorgeous show each Spring.
I hope you have a great St. Patty's Day 🌿💚🌿
Hi Peggy! 👋
Glad you enjoyed the video - hope you're keeping well!
Have a great St. Patrick's Day too! ☘️
Thank you. You pointed out my mistake. I hit a lily pot with the mower and transplanted into another pot but they did not come back. Now I realize I planted them too shallow. I probably should add soil to the surviving pot and start again following your instructions with new ones.
I just came upon your video. I am not botanically inclined, so I'm learning how to grow flowers. Love the instructions, and I ❤️❤️❤️ the accent. The Irish accent is on I can recognize matters not how faint.
Excellent video! The third idea is a great one…. As I’ve bulb lasagnes all over the place at the moment. After watching your bulb lasagne planting video last autumn, I planted a bunch of them. Great idea it was too. They worked great
Hi Niall: I planted 8 lily bulbs in a square plastic container (not much larger than the bucket you showed) thinking I would get 8 nice lilies about 2 feet high. Well, I got 8 stalks with about 15 huge flowers per stalk and each stalk was nearly 6 1/2 feet tall. I could hardly believe my eyes. I've never seen that happen before. Anyway, I'm totally sold on orange lilies and am very grateful to you for this and all of your other videos. Thank you, DA
Wow Donald! That's a serious result! How good is that?!! You'll have to plant even more next year so that you have loads and loads of them!
May I ask how did you keep them from falling over? Bet they were gorgeous!
Hi, where did you source the bulbs from?
@@GPG0000 You won't believe this, but I got them at 50% off at Lowe's in NOVEMBER of that year. The 2nd year, they grew to the same height but there were 11 stalks with the many blooms per stock. Then I realized I needed to get them in the soil. This year, I got 14 stalks but they didn't grow as tall as in years passed. I think they were about 4 1/2 feet tall. That may have been because I was gone when they really needed water a couple of times.
@@Sooner-im9qf They didn't fall over at all. The stalks were strong as oxen.
Omg I love lillies I 😂😂 over did it last year but you can never have too many flowers 💐. I just bought some small versions for my patio pots. 🙏☮️🇺🇦🌻
Niall, a great video with lots of great info as always. Lilie's are my favourite flowers outdoors, i can't have indoors because of allergies in the house. When they flower, i find myself greeting them as they open daily.Love that last tip big time, never thought of doing that. Rem if lilie beetles turn up, they are red,have tissue at hand,don't touch the plant, put tissue is one hand underneath where they are,then, with other hand, touch the area, the beetle in defence, will automatically drop off, ta da,into the tissue, Sorry i then i dispose of them never to return. Their eggs can be found under a leaf,black in colour, i kill by hand. They can destroy a lily in no time,trust me ,i learned the hard way. It was only in one area they appeared, so don't always turn up.
Thanks for the great growing tips, i only yesterday bought some more (that were reduced )for my garden. Hope all well Niall, and todays weather better than yesterday. Have a super day.
Hi Lorraine! Yeah for the final method, I'd seen in on an old Gardener's World years ago and it's just so handy. That's such good info on the lily beetles - I'm keeping everything crossed that I don't get any (though I know I probably will!). Have a super week, at least in between all these windy wet days we're having!
@@niallgardens i had none for years, and two years ago they made their presence known. They don't go at anything else thankfully.
Its a great tip, and thank you for sharing. Sadly after great work up the allotment, now timing is issue, the times i can get up the weather has been bad. Have a super week.
3rd option is exactly what I had come up with last winter for all my spring bulbs... Potted up same colour tulip bulbs in grocery tubs that come for fruits.. Also used plastic drinking cups that I had around for individual bulbs, vburrued them in a raised bed outdoors and mulched so that they root and sprout after the chill... I can see good leafes now so am. Planning to pot them now in the containers in arrangments 😁.. Exactly as u said this offers flexibility to change up things a bit in your garden every year
Did you bury the container with the bulbs in your raised bed?
I'm surprised by the difference between your zone and mine (7b-Slovenia), we are absolutely freezing with morning temperatures of -7C. The ground is deeply frozen, your place.....everything is rosy!
Nevertheless, yesterday I got down to sowing flowers indoors. So far sea lavender mix, narrow-leaved coneflower, china asters and lemon thyme. I'm not expecting much, hoping for the best. Looking forward to your next video, keep them coming!
Love lilies, never would have thought to put them in pots!
Great video Niall! Never thought of adding grit! Thanks for the tip. Danny
I have lilies that have spouted. They put on a great show last year that I put a reminder on my phone to plant more. I'm all for plants that perform well with little fuss.
I have dahlia tubers planted in small pots like your 3rd example. Fingers crossed 🤞
god bless you more my dear friend
Thanks so much
Love love love lilies, they were my very first plants I grew as a nervous non grower after many failed attempts at other plants. They renewed my confidence in flower gardening. I always cut a flower stem to bring in the house and enjoy the scent which seems to waft and dissipate so it’s like smelling it for the first time all evening and it lasts for weeks. They really are my guilty pleasure and I now have a real collection of varieties including 3 new ones this year 😊
You mentioned drying out the bulbs in the lasagne planted pot, silly question I’m sure, but can they be left in situ for the following year if I don’t need the pot?
Haven’t seen the minis in a while, hope they’re doing well….. my two get quite excited when we go to the poly more and more, I’m sure they know know that the munchies will soon begin!
I planted some last weekend but now I want to plant more! Great idea with growing them on in containers to get them ready. This video has got me so excited for spring 😁🙏
Thank you, I use cloth material pot ,so much more safe ,no need to drill hole, not worry about over heating, if it raining a lot ,the water will just go right true the material and your soil will drying quickly, think About, to me it make so much more sense ❤
The best video on planting lilies I have watched so far!
I'm very interesting, my daughter send my lily bulbs in the first time,so now I carefully planting it in containers, n starting now, I love watching those video n try the guide lines for planting my lilies, wish I can get some free bulbs 😇, thanks for sharing your gardens ideas,❤️
I love Lilies and so do those pesky red Lily bugs that I’ve had to spray now for the past couple of years ☺️
Eugh! I hate lily bugs too!
great video Niall! the house only came with one lily in the garden which was hidden from view because of the overgrown hedging! So hoping to plant more around the garden to enjoy that burst of colour amongst the various daffodils already here! Have a great week and enjoy St Paddys Day on Thursday! think of us brits still working!
Yay for lilies. I have just planted some pineapple lilies in a tub. I've never grown them before, so fingers crossed 👍😊
Thanks for all the information on bulb planting.
My pleasure
blessing
I bought a package of bulbs today and came across your video. Much appreciated and thanks for you info..
Glad it helped, you're welcome!
Hi Niall , Regards George from Canada/ Toronto , a great video , Your knowledge is amazing ,Thanks so much for sharing all you've learned; it's very much appreciated.
My question to you , Here in Canada/Toronto where I live. We have a lot of snow and rain in February or March, then if the Lilies bulbs start in pots indoors, how often do I water the bulbs in a week or month in winter , or not I need to water it , Thanks again 😊😊🙏🙏
Yes, your right about their longevity. In the house I'm in now I inherited a healthy patch of the common orange lilies (aside from the common orange daylilies), and it amazes me these plants have been there probably well over 100 years still coming up greeting the current residents every summer. Nice to think how many people have enjoyed this ritual every year. I know there are always question on lily beetles which I don't have out in North Dakota but were a problem back in Rhode Island. The cup method always worked for me if I added a little bit soap to a half full cup of water. Any kind of unwanted bug can be easily knocked in and can't get out and suffocates in seconds from the soap and then just toss them into the compost.
Thank you for the information. It gives me ideas on how to plant my lily bulb. Let me see what happened
Just bought some lily bulbs and dalias. 👍 So it's great to get your advice right now. 😊 🌺 (The dalias i will keep inside until there is no more frost at night.)
Because i only have a balcony i have to plant them in pots. I guess i add some spring flower bulbs like daffodils and grape hyacinths on the top. These are just starting to show their shoots here in south Germany. So these pots look already nice till the lilies come up.
Some of the bulbs i keep for my mom as an easter present. These will stay in smaller pots until i carry them to her garden. 😊
The one thing I will say is that in many regions here in America, it gets so hot in the summer that containers, um, they cook so to speak. And for that reason I tend to keep containers for showy anuals that don't have a temperature sensitive bulb. My bulbs seem to do better in the ground because the containers get so hot. I know over there in the U.K. the temps stay more even. Just throwing it out there that in hot regions, that slightly deeper planting depth plus the overall cool of the Earth really helps the bulbs stay happy and not stressed out.
Edit: Haha. Then you mention not cooking them. But seriously, even non-metal pots cook over here. Better to plant lilies in the ground in most places that are hot here in America.
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Hi to you also! Thanks for coming across and welcome!
Hey Niall was busy 🧤in the garden today sowed 🌱lupin seeds , 🌱cosmos, 🌱sweet William, 🌱marigolds 🌱so didn’t get around to sowing my Lillie’s which have all sprouted then I watched your video in the evening and I’m glad I didn’t now because I didn’t realize that we have to sow them that deep at all, I would have left the sprouted part above ground as I wud feel I’m killing it by covering it so Thanks for the demonstration il be sowing mine Deep tomorrow weather permitting 🤞Love Lillies , 💚☘️Happy St.Patricks Day☘️💚
Love lilies, great video! There def should be lilies in every garden 😍 The 3rd option is a great tip! Best wishes, Maiju 💚🌿
I love lilies! The squirrels always eat mine, so I cover them with chicken wire before burying them with soil....works great!
Another great recommendation. Have to go buy some more lillies now.
You deserve more subs. I really love lily's.
Thank you so much!
Thank you Niall for the helpful video. Can i follow the same steps also for the gladiolus? Can i plant the bulbs now with the lily bulbs in small containes, keep them inside and later plant them in the garden?
Garsh, you’re so pleasant, Niall. 😍
I didn’t know about the gravel! Great video, thanks!
No 3 is such a fabulous idea. Many thanks
One year, I was sick and not able to plant my lilies trees in the soil. So, I plant them in a BIG put and they pass the winter inside my home in middle of fall season. So they tought it was spring. So, they finish by having flower inside. At spring, put back out, they think it was fall. Let them there and they had a second flowering!
What a fantastic video. Thank you
Excellent video and information. Thank you so much🌷
Great video Niall!!💚💚
Thanks so much! I have a HUGE lily order coming 🌱. I was curious if I could pot them up this year and move to them around until I’m happy with the plant combinations.
My daughters love lilies, I buy them whenever I can. This week I bought lilies in pots which look fabulous in full flower! My question is - December now - so when will these lilies start to grow again? I live in Scotland and I am new to gardening, but managing to create a nice garden, but I am now into wanting to grow lilies in my garden and my girls gardens.
You should find that your lilies will start to regrow come spring time. Keep an eye out for fresh shoots popping up!
Very helpful! Planting my first bulbs ever. Any recommendations on how much water they need? (I’m in Colorado, so it’s incredibly dry). …This is the best video I found on planting these!
Hello thank you very much for this beautiful video. I'm afraid I came too late to your video. I planted my first Lily bulbs in mid fab. They are called eyeliner lily with white flowers. At a time of purchase the bulbs had already sprouted to about 2" height and I planted them to the depth of only the bulbs assuming that the sprout must stay outside the soil. Then came weeks of heavy frost and now I see the sprout has turned brown. Is there anyway i can save them or they are a right-off. An advice on this matter will be much appreciated. Thanks for lovely presentation.
Thanks Niall, it is a great video! I am going to buy some tomorrow and plant some this year! :)
Would it be possible to reuse the same soil in the same pot that I have plant the spring bulbs this spring (tulip and daffodil just finished flowering)? Please advise. Thanks again.
I like your gardening
Thank You so much excellent video 👍🏽👍🏽💕💕
Thanks for watching!
I love lilies 🌸🦋🌸
They're fab flowers aren't they!
I am in South Africa and I have all these bulbs in the existing garden.
Fantastic! Sounds lovely!
what is your soil mix for in ground and soil mix for pots
Do you have any suggestions for dealing with lily beetles?
Thank you!
This is very helpful Niall, i might try the container ones for the store bought lily bulbs and the third option for the bulbs that i have saved from last year. Thanks for this lovely video, I’m from Ireland as well. Would love to know where u have bought your metal buckets 👍🏻😍
Glad I could help!
Great ideas 💡
Thanks 😊
You’re welcome!
Hi, with the 3rd option in plastic containers, how often do you water them? Thank you for such a great video!
Thank you very much
No problem!
Great information 👍 👌 👏
Thanks!
Great video
Hello, thank you for a great video. I have a question - my mother in law brought me an Amazon lilly, it's one bulb with a leaf, but leaf got kinda broken during transport. Should I cut it down to the bulb or no? Thanks.
Hi new sub here!great video i wil follow your recomendation toplant my lilies. I plant every year but it doesnt come back.
So you have any freesia? I’d like to know how to grow mine from bulbs. Really enjoyed this video!
Hi Niall 😊 please helpme when I can stored my lilies to long frozen weather? Helpme I leave in Ireland 🇮🇪
Hi have you see Beatles it Red on top and black under if full off it look dead but it not eat leaves flowers lilies ok
How long does it take for lilies bulbs to sprout 🌱? How often do I have to water lilies bulbs?
What to do with Lily plant after flower wilts?
Love your accent
And your very handsome too
Why thank you!
@@niallgardens your welcome 🖤🌈🌺 keep up
The great work 🥰
Hi I have just planted Lilly .Can u tell me how much water we v to give n after long many days ?
Hi I grew Lilly flower from bulbs as first time gardener here but then I noticed the flower dried out and saw you tube videos that we need to remove it’s pollen so I already lost two flowers so how do I regrow more lilies? Can I use stamens to grow more lilies?
NICE,,
It’s all hunky dory until…….the little red beetles invade.
Hi Niall would you be able to recommend some trees that look nice and don't grow to big also I have been interest in a tree called Liquidambar but have been told the roots are very invasive is this right ?
Hi niall, I'm in ni, was wondering if you could advise, I've a huge arum lily, it's old, I've had it about 10 years so it's looking very overcrowded at the base now, it only gave 1 flower last year, my question is can I split it with a spade, and if so whne can I do it thanks so much
Can i plant bulbs in the smaller container then when it shoots up a bit plant it in my flower bed
I would say so, that should be fine 👍
Hello
great video! Do you chop the leaves down after flowering?
I would dead-head the flowers, then give the plants themselves some feed and leave the greenery to provide sustenance to the bulbs for the next year
Terracotta pots are an affordable option for just 3-4€.
They're a good call also 👍
Where do you buy your grit ? Or what name brands are available ?
I have a plant with 4 lily flowers that have finished, is it possible to plant them out side now.
I would probably inclined to wait until Spring and then put them outside in the garden once the weather warms up
Will sand serve the same purpose as grit?
Do the lily bulbs in containers need frost protection?
I did mines wrong. I left the tip above the ground. Is it too late to fix this?
Will these survive and come back after a freeze?
nice conent
Thanks!
How to store tiger Lilly bulbs
Oh good question - I might have to make a video about that once I've researched it myself properly!
Hi there my wife was given a pink lily on mother day now flowers have dropped whatever to do with it
Was it potted in soil? If so, I would just feed and keep the plant happy to put sustenance back into the bulb. It'll eventually die back but should regrow next year
What do I do with the lilies after they bloom?
I would deadhead them to avoid them producing seed, keep watering and feeding the plants to help them bulk up for next year, then either let them die back naturally in the pots and keep them there, or lift the bulbs and store them for next year's plantings. Hope this helps!
Thanks so much! Love your channel!!!
hey Niall, at th-cam.com/video/fQD3Haqh5EE/w-d-xo.html 4:36 I saw that you put three bulbs very close together. Will they develop ok in that way?
I've planted my first lily bulbs. It doesn't seem right to cover the sprouts on top. Can anyone advise me? I'm in zone 8B.
If you do not place the lily bulbs deep enough in the soil (3 times of their own height or no less than 2 times), you can either redo the planting (more work) or simply dump more dirt above their current location to make up the depth, more like making a small hill. Although your zone has a very mild winter, you can keep your lily bulbs cool and moist in the deeper soil during the hot summer.
@@lovepeony1478 Thanks!
Btw, the bulb planted deep enough in the ground can help support its weight when the entire plant grows to a bigger one eventually (in a few years). I once had several big lilies from the same bulb planted several years ago, so heavy on the flower stalk but the stem had no problem to stay put!
@@lovepeony1478 I've got 3 bulbs planted in a big 12" container. Two pots with 3 bulbs each. I planted them deeper and added extra soil on top. Thanks for the help!
@@barbaraowens2299 I am sure you will have pretty liles blooming in the summer! Last week when I was at the store, I could not resist to buy a pack of 4 Asiatic Lilies (Sugar Love) bulbs to plant for summer bloom. I used to have pinky, yellow, and white lilies in the front and back of my garden but they're all gone for different reasons after years. My zone is like 5a/b, so the winter can be very chilly, so the depth of planting can definitely affect its survival over the harsh winter, although the package states they're hardy bulbs to stay in the ground throughout the winter.
Niall - inches or centimetres please.....not both! :-) Great video!
Hahaha! Gotta keep you on your toes and the mental arithmetic going! 😂
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Get ready for Lily Beetles!
I'm hoping I'll get away without encountering them!
@@niallgardens they destroyed ours one year...now we attempt to pick them off to destroy them...sometime 10 per day!...
Aw no! I've got something to look forward to then! (not!) 😂
@@niallgardens you have to be very quick the critters drop to the ground when disturbed so grab 'em quick!
Adding grit to a planting hole doesn't do anything to help drainage, the same way it's been proven it doesn't do so in pots (quite the opposite actually).
You've got a huge volume of soil around your bulb and you expect those few grains of gravel to actually do something? Not in the slightest.
Lilly beatle 😭
If your planting your lily out in a border would you not want to make up a mix of grit and compost like he did for pots?
Hi, would it need to soak the bulbs a little in the water before planting them ?
No you shouldn’t need to. They’ll absorb the soil moisture and will be just fine ☺️