Two Lily buds, both with the brown on the outside, I have other lilys around it, none having this issue. Thx

Maybe just some sunburn. It won't affect anything except that part of the petals.

Thanks Rick, thought it was strange since none of the other Lilys had it on them, maybe a combination of water and sun on the buds?

Some lilies are more susceptible to burn than others. For me, sometimes the bent part of the leaf burns; the part most directly facing the sun. The rest of the leaf would be OK. Luckily that isn't a problem (yet) this year. Last year was the horrible "heat dome" frying just about everything at 100-110 degrees.

Anyway, the damage looks environmental or mechanical and not disease.

Great! Thanks!

Any thought on the growth pattern in pics, will the blooms be OK. I've been anxiously awaiting the lily buds to form but they have had a slow start due to weather.
Tall and lanky growth with teeny tiny buds. The bottom pic is 6' tall. Almost twice the height from last year. A step ladder leaf effect. The weather has been in the 40 night 6o day and day time over cast with marine layer. It had just finally warmed up and buds are finally forming . The weather has been unseasonably chilly up until 3 days ago.

Curious to see how the lily blooms will look ? Will the buds get larger?

Stargazer is one of my favs and as a cut flower lasts such a long time in water . Hope they do OK.
I have to grow them in pots or the darn gophers will get them…

Sad lookin..😳 growth patterns.

Cool temperatures likely held them back a bit. If they are oriental lilies (like Star Gazer) they are the last group of lily types to bloom, usually late July into August. They look like they are getting crowded in the pot(s) so you may want to separate and repot in the fall when foliage has died back.

When I first started growing lilies twenty some years ago one of the first things I noticed was that they seemed to take forever from bud to bloom, much longer than other types of plants I was used to. I had to get used to the waiting game.

If you are in for the high temperatures the next two days you may want to move containers to the shade. We are expecting 96 tomorrow near Salem.

Connie is spot-on. And both need dividing quite badly. Remember that lily growth next year heavily depends on how they grow this year, so, so don't expect a "miracle" change.

Connie, Rick, when you dig the bulbs because of failure to thrive, what amendments should add back to the soil prior to re planting?
Thanks

Typically, I find a fresh place to plant them. It seems that after a few years they deplete the soil of what they need. I don't grow them so much as ornamentals but for breeding new lilies. So the walkways become new rows and the old rows become the new walkways. When I do amend it is just my homemade compost but it takes years to get much of that.

I notice that some of my lilies gradually reduce in height over a few years and with some nothing phases them. Miss Libby from the Lily Garden is like that, one I highly recommend.

Thanks, I have notice a decrease in height and buds after a few years, a few just disappeared, Silk Road, but I chalk that up to possible voles

Of course, it will depend on the soil you have, too, but plain ol' compost is the best all around for everything (unless your "everything" wants poor or mineral soils). You can never have too much. I use all the leaves from two of my neighbors, and it is never enough. (They have wimpy leafed trees like maple and ash that decompose very quickly. I want oak or beech!) Finally, my planted pines are large enough to harvest fall needles for a mulch layer that remains the entire season. Maple and ash leaves are all gone by August.

I'll toss in used potting soil whenever I have it and don't want to re-use. Because my native soil is clay based, I never add topsoil, but if yours is sand, it would be fine. As for fertilizer, perhaps very lightly, but usually not. If I mix in a lot of raw biomaterial, I'll add some lawn fertilizer. I don't want my plants to grow fast and lush (and then have to deal with insects).

Connie and Rick..
Repotting is a good idea , will do in the fall.
Buds area getting bigger..

Also of note. If there is a drought, lilies can and will abort buds.

Thanks Dave, so far no other Lilys around it have the same indications.

Nhra_20 said: Also of note. If there is a drought, lilies can and will abort buds.

This will happen with my sulphureum. No flower this year.

Lilies here are significantly shorter this year. I did some "extra" pollinating last year, so it could have been stress induced. I too have had some issues with buds drying up and falling off early on. As if to freeze in their development. Drought last year may have something to do with it. The rest of the lily looks healthy. I'm beginning to say instead of this is strange, chalking it up to, there is always something not quite right and this seems to be the new normal for the type of changes we are seeing in weather conditions.

It is opening up

Hi, any ideas what could have eaten an asiatic lily like this in early spring? I haven't seen slugs yet this year, only a few earwigs

I am not familiar with garden pests in your area, but it looks like what I see with deer here. A nice clean cut/chomp, likely a mammal.