I bought a few lily plants earlier on in the year, which have now died off.?

Will they come again next year and what do i have to do with them now?ie. do i need to cut them down or anything? They are in a medium sized teracotta pot.

I bought a few lily plants earlier on in the year, which have now died off.?
Let them die back naturally, give them a little general purpose fertiliser(tomato food will do) to help build them up for next year. Move the pots into a cold greenhouse over the winter (out of the frost).
Reply:I cut mine to about 1-1/12 inch . They are bulbs...they%26#039;ll come back
Reply:They will come again next year, just feed with plant food once a week, to put the goodness back into the bulbs. When the stems have gone brown, take off. Keep watering another couple of weeks. Then lift the bulb%26#039;s out, you should have some additional bulbs growing-split the bulbs off. put in a place to dry. Put in a paper bag until next May. The plant back into the tub%26#039;s etc-start all over again.
Reply:I just thought that as you are asking about Lillie%26#039;s i would tell you that they are poisonous.My friends cat was poisoned by the powder on the stamen it was strong enough to kill it.So i assume you or your neighbours don%26#039;t have cats.Remember to wash your hands.
Reply:Need, no, GOT to be immersed in a pond or water garden with plenty of light and calm non-running water in vacinity. Pots are for plants, not water lillies so get them re-housed ASAP ! Plenty of books on subject at good garden centres so PLEASE PLEASE, keep them alive - I adore w.lillies ! W
Reply:Yep, they%26#039;ll come back, bigger and better than ever! Unless they%26#039;re in my garden, in which case, they%26#039;re gone for good. Hard to believe that my sister is a professional horticulturalist when I%26#039;m such a plant murderer. LOL
Reply:Cut them off about a fore-finger from the ground. Leave them in the ground, i leave mine and they have flowered every year. The biggest problem i have is with little red beetles but that is when they are flowering. I have quite a variety of them and i wish you luck with yours. Take care.
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Reply:They do die of this time of year. Cut them down a bit. They should come up every year.
Reply:since they%26#039;re in a pot, they must be lifted or stored.... they%26#039;ll die from cold /freezing in a pot over winter... suggest you read here....





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Reply:I would take the plant, dirt and all and find a place in my yard and plant them. And then next year they would have a better chance of coming back and multiplying
Reply:Carefully lift them out of the compost. If the bulbs look healthy, store them in the shed and re-pot them next Spring.



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