Friday, March 30, 2012

Easter Lily Time!

Caring For It Indoors:

  • Choose a sunny or bright location so it will receive plenty of light during the day. Keep away from heat sources (like a heat register) since it prefers being cool at night.
  • Water well each day.
  • Once it blooms and the leaves begin to yellow, keep watering until ready to transplant outdoors (allow the leaves to die naturally before pruning them).

To Move Outside:

  • When all danger of frost has passed in the Spring and the soil can be worked, plant the bulb 6 to 8 inches deep in the soil. Choose a location where it will receive lots of sun and make sure the soil is well-draining. Top the soil with about an inch or two of mulch to help keep the roots cool during the hot summer.
  • It may bloom in the Fall of the same year it is transplanted but it more typically does so in late Spring of the following year (May to June).

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