I don't know how the climatic conditions are in Pa but I can tell you what I
have done with my lilies and had success with both Starfire and good old
grocery store white Easter lilies. I carefully clip off the "yellow pollen
beads" as soon as the flower opens and this seems to make them last longer,
as the blossom starts to wither I clip that off, when the blossoms are gone
I just tuck it into a back room until it dies all the way down and then I
take I take it out to the garden, tip the pot and slide that whole hunk of
soil with the bulb and put it in a hole in the garden about half again as
deep as the pot. Probably by the time this lily has dried back you'll be
able to work in your garden. Most all of mine bloomed the following year and
the others two years later. Since I no longer have a large garden and only
have my balcony I tried replanting into some of the large pots I have and
they rebloomed. I'm sure there are more ways you can keep these but that was
my method and it worked for me. I don't know if those lily bulbs are hardy
enough in your part of the country, you might want to check on that.

Good Luck,
Val


"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message
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Subject: Planting Starfire Lily
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ROTFLMAO!!!
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