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My lily bulbs have arrived today. I can’t plant for few days. What do I do with them please? Do I take them out of the plastic bags?
Yes, you can remove your lily bulbs from their packaging and keep them somewhere cool and dark until you are ready to plant them. Even the fridge will be fine. I would advise planting them within the next week or so of receiving your bulbs as they are keen to get growing.
Storing Lily Bulbs
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Hello, I purchased the above 3 from you this year. Planting says they prefer ericaceous soil but it also says if planting for pots use John Innes No.3 . Is that ok as not ericaceous?
Regards, Lyn
Hi Lyn
Yes that’s correct, Roselilies are oriental lilies so they prefer an acidic soil if planting out in the garden. If planting in pots, you can use an ericaceous compost.
However, we advise using a 50:50 mix of John Innes no.3 with a multipurpose compost for all lily types including orientals. So either will be absolutely fine for your oriental lilies.
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When buying Dahlias from you the alternatives are 1 tuber, 3 tubers etc.
how many do I need for each of 2 very large pots/planters?
For example “Bishop of Llandaff”Thank you.
Dahlias do get quite big and if you pinch them out they spread out quite a bit too. I would advise planting 1 x dahlia tuber in a container that is at least 12” deep and 16” wide. The bigger the pot, the better. Each dahlia tuber needs 12” x 12” x 12” of space to grow well. Don’t plant too many dahlia tubers in one pot.
Bishop of Llandaff
Bishop of Llandaff
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The tips of my leaves look as if they are dying, solution please?
Hi Barbara
Yes this is normal, Allium leaves will start to die back before the allium flowers. You can snip off the unsightly ends of the leaves if you would prefer, it won’t harm the allium’s performance.
See video here.
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I’m just about to plant my calla lillies, I’m pretty sure I know which way up they should go but just checking. Thank you Tina.
Hi Christina
No problem at all – I have attached a photo and a link here for you to see which way up to plant your calla lilies and all the planting advice you may need:
Calla Lily Planting Guide
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Do dahlias attract bees?
Yes, bees and bumblebees absolutely love these dahlias. They tend to be attracted to the dahlias that open fully and display the daisy-like yellow centre like Dahlia Fascination.
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My neighbour never dead heads her lilies. They come back every year strong and fabulous.
I DO dead head but often my lilies seem to get weaker and disappear over a few years.
Do you have any idea why this should happen? We have the same soil. The only difference is her garden gets more sun.
Hi there,
We always advise on removing the flower heads but to leave plenty of stem and foliage to die back naturally to feed the lily bulbs for the following year.
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Hi,
I have purchased a few calla Lilly bulbs from you. My question is when is the best time to plant in outside containers. When is early spring, end of March or end of April. For flowering in the summer
Thanks.
Hi Derek
Now (March) is the perfect time to plant Calla Lilies… any time between now and May. They need planting in pots and kept indoors in a sunny position until the risk of frost has passed. You can then transplant your callas to your garden or just move the pots to your patio or borders.
If you want to plant them straight outside, then I would wait until May when the weather has warmed up.
Your calla lilies will then flower later into the summer months and will need bringing back indoors before the first frosts hit.
Calla lilies
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I have left it too late to plant the bulbs this season do you sell pot grown camassia leichtlinii plants? How much?
thank you
Hi there,
Camassia need planting in the Autumn. We will have them available in June to pre-order for delivery in September.
If you open the link here: Camassia you can then request to be notified when they are back in stock for pre-ordering.
Camassia
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Hi, are the double oriental lilies “Amistad” and “Double diamonds” gonna come back to stock? If so, do you know roughly when? Many thanks for your help!
Hello there,
I am not sure of the crop availability on those at the moment but we do have lots of Roselilies still in stock, these are equally as gorgeous. You can view those here:
Roselilies
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