What do I need to do???

Hi

Last year we purchased some patio roses, oriental lillis and a rose tree. I am aware I need to prune the patio roses but what do I do with the oriental lillies and the rose tree?

Thanks

 

Thanks

Yes it is a single stem rising to a ball.

The lillies are in a container and look just like dead sticks. Is this normal?

 

So I just pull them out of the container? How will they grow back then though?

 

No no stop
Wait for advise from the others
I just pulled on mine and the whole centre stalk came out, it left me with a sort of Garlic bulb but about 4" round with a big hole in the centre,
(this was in OCTOBER) I have not seen any growth since
So maybe you are just to cut it down at the base, DO NOT PULL IT OUT
until advised otherwise

Jack McHammocklashing

 

I bought three identical potted lilies last year. I wasn't sure what to do with them over the winter so one pot went into the greenhouse, under a bench and ignored for the winter, one was left outside in a bubble-wrap wrapping and the third stayed outside with just a plastic cloche over the pot. None were touched or watered. The greenhouse one threw a shoot about two weeks ago, I looked under the cloche at the weekend and found that that too had a shoot, so I unwrapped the bubble wrap and guess what - a shoot. So it seems to me neglect is the thing. Of course this winter hasn't had the deep freezes of previous years. I have had lilies outdoors in the garden which lasted for several years, I think I lost them after a very wet winter so maybe too much water is the enemy?

Good luck, by the way, my roses are all growing nicely and I just gave them a little "tidying up" prune last weekend, so with these three types of plant I've found them very easy and no work between seasons.

 

does anyone know what i do then? di i pull them out of cut them. maybe i should post a picture to give you a better idea??