Martagon Lily Bulb photo for longk

@longk Hope this piccy answers your question does Martagon lily produce bulblets sorry its not a very good photo i just took it on me phone i was trying to lift up the foliage over it and take the piccy with one hand It is a much bigger plant (Bulb) than you can see... as its been covered over by a herb robert i left it on for extra winter protection. I have two... this one is in a very deep raised trough alongside a Pergola swing seat so i can enjoy the fragrance ...well hopefully as last year was the first year of planting in the trough as it had self seeded and was in with my chickens not a good idea methinks

 

Very healthy looking Bee and it does produce the most gorgeous flower.

 

I have had no luck with them so far. Taking a different stance this year though, growing in pot and then will plant out when established.

 

Hi BeeHappy,

What Longk means is does it produce little bulblets on the main flowering stem. They grow between the leaf and the stem where the leaf joins onto the stem, and, if you don't remove them to pot them up they drop off by themselves.

Your picture is actually showing some Lily bulbs. These should be buried around 5/6 inches deep.

I reckon yours has produced bulblets and they have started to grow.
There's no way that if you've only had it for a year any seedlings would be showing at all yet, let alone this big.

 

Hi NCFC,
I always start Lily bulbs off this way.
I put 3 normal size bulbs into a 6" pot ( or 1 large bulb ) and then plant them out when they are around 5 to 6" high. Planting them deeper than they were in the pot so that only about the top 2" or so of growth shows above ground. The reason for the deep planting is that most Lilies also root from the main stem as well as the bulb.

 

That is what I meant. A bit of research has resulted in me discovering that Martagon Lilies do not produce bulbils. However..................

They do produce stem bulblets where stem emerges through the soil.

 

Can confirm that Martagon lilies do indeed produce stem bulblets. I have a lot of Martagon Lilies (photo shows them towards top left hand corner and that's only about 1/4 of what I have). The bulblets can actually be a bit of a nuisance and I throw lots away. They are really easy to grow, not really bothered if it's full sun or not and I have some which seem to have pushed themselves 1/2 way above soil level so planting depth isn't critical either. The only snag with them in my part of the world is if we get a late frost which can ruin the flower buds.