Oh, boy, a lily-newbie thread! Here's a lily-newbie question:
A dear friend loves Stargazer lilies and I want to grow many from bulbs, but would also like to give her a potted plant or cut flowers.
How likely is it that a locally-purchased potted Stargazer lily would survive indoors until it wilts, and then still survive if she or I re-planted the bulbs outdoors? And what season would be best to try this?
Or would it be more practical to just buy bulbs and plant them in my yard, (and maybe buy her some others as cut flowers)?
After a year or two, I would hope that my bulbs would multiply and I could transplant multiple bulbs to her yard.
Or are Stargazers unlikely to thrive and multiply in the coastal PNW (dry cool summers, drizzle the other 8 months, and mild winters - Zone 8b, oscillating above and below freezing for many months.)?
My soil is heavy clay, so I grow everything in raised beds drained by trenches, and make my own soil by amending the clay.
Are Stargazers even likely to be available as cut flowers, and in what season?
Should I buy and plant bulbs mainly in the fall? (It's too late this year, I assume).
