We have to fill in where new steps were poured with topsoil (can mix in
some peat I have), and I read that lilies are good to prevent soil
erosion. Can I plant the bulbs if I order some as late as the middle of
June? Usually they should be planted in the fall.

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"I Love Lucy" wrote:

We have to fill in where new steps were poured with topsoil (can mix in
some peat I have), and I read that lilies are good to prevent soil
erosion. Can I plant the bulbs if I order some as late as the middle of
June? Usually they should be planted in the fall.

Give it a shot. Consider the alternative. Waiting...not always a bad
thing ) But if you have the bulbs now plant now and transplant when
you are ready perhaps in large pots? Lilies can grow to six foot +. A
consideration I'd go with a ground cover out to your lilies. Is OK to
make many mistakes.

I have!


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In article ,
"I Love Lucy" wrote:

We have to fill in where new steps were poured with topsoil (can mix
in
some peat I have), and I read that lilies are good to prevent soil
erosion. Can I plant the bulbs if I order some as late as the middle
of
June? Usually they should be planted in the fall.

Give it a shot. Consider the alternative. Waiting...not always a bad
thing ) But if you have the bulbs now plant now and transplant
when
you are ready perhaps in large pots? Lilies can grow to six foot +. A
consideration I'd go with a ground cover out to your lilies. Is OK
to
make many mistakes.

Oh, thank you. They are kind of expensive; I don't care if they don't
bloom this year, only that I get them planted right and properly and
they make it through the winter. I'll read up on them. If they spread
that much, maybe I don't need so many. I need to order them, but the
place was pretty fast on my last order.

Yes, I've made my share of mistakes, and can't say I've learned from all
of them. Some I just don't know why something didn't grow and thrive.

The current ground cover is nasty grass and weeds on a terrace that
needs a complete overhaul. But I need something started to hold the
soil first.

What goes with lilies? Do you have any ideas? Not completely full sun
but away from the house some and facing east, so most of it gets sun for
a significant part of the day.



I have!


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If they spread
that much, maybe I don't need so many. I need to order them, but the
place was pretty fast on my last order.


That is six foot tall not wide. I'd go slow and look about your area
and go to formal gardens and take notes. If you see some thing that
connects go for it. Neighbors may have to divide plants too).

Good Luck!


Bill

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"William Wagner" wrote in message
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In article ,
"I Love Lucy" wrote:

If they spread
that much, maybe I don't need so many. I need to order them, but the
place was pretty fast on my last order.


That is six foot tall not wide. I'd go slow and look about your
area
and go to formal gardens and take notes. If you see some thing that
connects go for it. Neighbors may have to divide plants too).

Good Luck!

Yeah, I'm gonna need it. I just ordered a dozen wild lilies (Regal Lily
of China) and my credit card was refused. Looked that up and see no
prob with limit or unauthorized charges, except one little one I will
check out, think I try to call right now while I'm thinking about it,
although they haven't posted my most recent payment (in full). It
worries me until I find out what is going on with that. Maybe I entered
something wrong. Who knows? They did confirm my order and say they
would get in touch with me. I think the same thing might have happened
the last time I ordered from them so maybe it is on their end.

Thanks again! Yes, I will visit what I can and be on the lookout for
what might work well, don't want a super formal look but don't want a
hodge podge either, and I hadn't planned on putting lilies there until I
read a post further down. Didn't really have a plan. Well now I do.
Now only to make it work!



Bill

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I Love Lucy wrote:
We have to fill in where new steps were poured with topsoil (can mix in
some peat I have), and I read that lilies are good to prevent soil
erosion. Can I plant the bulbs if I order some as late as the middle of
June? Usually they should be planted in the fall.



The best time to plant Lily bulbs is in the fall or early spring but you
can plant them in the late spring or summer if you need to. The only
"problem" I have had planting them late is that they bloom late.

Be careful who you order them from. Some places may not ship them until
fall if you order them now so be sure to ask before you order. And you
might want to check out local garden store. Many of them have marked
down their summer bulbs and you can really get a good deal now.
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"Bill R" wrote in message
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I Love Lucy wrote:
We have to fill in where new steps were poured with topsoil (can mix
in some peat I have), and I read that lilies are good to prevent soil
erosion. Can I plant the bulbs if I order some as late as the middle
of June? Usually they should be planted in the fall.

The best time to plant Lily bulbs is in the fall or early spring but
you can plant them in the late spring or summer if you need to. The
only "problem" I have had planting them late is that they bloom late.

Be careful who you order them from. Some places may not ship them
until fall if you order them now so be sure to ask before you order.
And you might want to check out local garden store. Many of them have
marked down their summer bulbs and you can really get a good deal now.

Thank you for that info. I need to plant them asap, even if they
produce no flowers this year, the roots should help with soil erosion
after excavating and pouring new steps. I'm getting help with it, and
we are going to put in some new topsoil, but I am going to have to ask
the guy who poured the concrete to dig further out before we fill with
topsoil (right now it's just a fairly narrow trench). I won't plant
them too close to the steps. I hope I can get it straightened out from
the place I ordered from because I don't know if I could find that
particular kind locally. It's a zoo around here, and I've been to about
as many garden places as I care to go to this year! They're sold out of
a lot of the best flowers, I was lucky to get what I did.

I'm going to try to rig up some old boards, bricks, stone, something
spaced between where I plant the lilies to try to hold the bare soil on
the terrace behind it until they start to grow and we should be able to
tamp it down some but not too much. For some reason this winter, my one
back terrace has always been bad for healthy grass (these will be nearer
the healthier part, thing runs half a block) and whole puddles of mud
ended up on the sidewalk. I had to scrape the mud off with a shovel and
throw it back, never had that problem before. It hasn't happened with
spring rains, however, thankfully. Some areas on the back terrace have
gone completely bare. I sprinkled some grass seed, but it must have
gotten washed away, and you need to keep it moist which I couldn't at
the time, will either have to sod it or do the burlap thing, a pain on
top of everything else I'm trying to get done this season.

If they are the kind of company who take orders and ships in the fall, I
will cancel my order and find someplace/something else or just put some
annuals in there (didn't do well one year when I tried to grow there)
because of dry soil on the top for small seedlings and crabgrass. I'll
have to figure out way to deal with the crabgrass later, there are
patches of it all over the yard. Read some tips and may get Chem Lawn
if airborne spray doesn't damage flowers. Right now I'm just
digging/pulling it out in critical areas but that is no long-term
solution.

I'm hoping that because you plant lilies fairly deep, they will find
enough moisture for the roots and it will be drier on top, plus the soil
should retain moisture better with the plants shading it as they mature.

I saw that particular lily in a book and marvelled at its beauty, not
that there aren't plenty other ones that are beautiful, too, and never
imagined that I could find some like that. I always want something
different my neighbors don't grow, as there are various lilies here and
there. I like the orange ones on country roads but am tired of them in
town gardens. Now I have my heart set on that, particular lily and they
are having a huge sale now (online).

I found the most beautiful resurrection lily (not a true lily, people
here id'ed it for me) growing wild in a field a couple years ago and
wanted to ask the owner if I could try to transplant it, but I guess I
can live without it and didn't have the energy to dig it up if they said
ok because who knows in that tall grass how I'd get all the bulb(lets).
This particular one had sky blue tips on pink petals with yellow
throats. Most of the ones I have seen you can buy have more purplish
tips. I wouldn't want that by the steps, but would like to grow one
somewhere sometime.

I'm getting ready to try to root some old rose cuttings and heard coir,
oh I'll start another thread on that if I can't figure out a plan for
that. The coir is too matty and should be shredded a little finer I
would think. I need to get those rose cuttings started asap, too.

For years I've been toying with the idea of laying stone on the back
terrace and making tiers. Part of the problem is that if I do that and
can't keep up with it, it will be a mess and it's just easier to go over
it with the lawn mower.

So many things running through my mind from years of neglecting my yard
and now trying to get it back in shape. I never had it all the way I
wanted it, but did reclaim from nature many areas and got flowers
growing, many failures along the way and some successes. I know a
little more from reading about the things I failed at that I now have a
little better chance at success.

Sorry I talked so much. I have to work all this in with getting a lot
of things repaired and, of all things, a baby owl we found that I am
worried about if the parents are caring for it. It has been in my lilac
bush for the last 3 days, moves high up at night and comes down amonst
the branches during the day. I've been round and round with the animal
people and experts on that and must do as they say, but it's been heavy
on my heart because I so want to try to feed it and they told me not to.

What a week this has been and there's so much more lined up to be done.
It's tiring to do the work, but it's also tiring to have to try to stay
on top of things and the turmoil and snags you always run into you
didn't plan on when starting.

Thank you for your advice and listening.


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