On Apr 5, 10:36 am, Derek Broughton wrote:
drsolo wrote:
how deep are the lilies? they dont like it deep.

How deep would you consider deep? Five feet is not too deep for most
non-dwarf hardy lilies.

the lower they are the
more energy to get leaves and flowers to surface. also, blooms at the
warmer surface water, earlier and more. Ingrid

Not in my experience. I start all my lilies shallow, and sink them as the
leaves reach the surface. Once they have a few pads on the surface, they
don't have a problem getting enough energy to push more, and they are able
to spread out. My deep lilies always produce more blooms than my shallow
ones.
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derek
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Our top lillies are 2" under the surface. The deep ones are 2' down.
We have betweens at about a foot. All have done well, but I see the
deeper ones (on cement) as doing better. The potted ones are in stone
or dirt. Overall, however, I don't think they are flowering as much
as they might. That is why I asked about fertilizing the on-cement
ones.

Jim