I bought a lily this fall from walmart that had tried to sprout in the bag. It was completely brown and I figured it was hopeless not having any experience with these types of lilies. Well I planted it indoors and am keeping the soil moist. And guess what I saw today...the very tip where it was all brown there is a hint of green. I hope it will keep up and produce a healthy plant. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
tkhooper....I have never tried growing them in the house. Good Luck with yours. I do grow them outdoors and they are beautiful. I did buy a couple hundred tulips from Walmart one year and planted them and they didn't come up...I am not sure if it was our cold winter or just bad bulbs. They looked fine at the time I planted them.
tkhooper...it might of been mice, chipmunks, etc. eating my bulbs too. Every once in a while I still find a bulb almost chewed up completely on the top of the ground...before this area was built it was all open fields and in the fall we sometimes find voles that are trying to take up residence in our garage to stay warm for the winter.
Yes, the vole or moles can decimate a garden in one winter. With snow cover, you never see the damage until spring. Sherry, that was sad to lose all the bulbs but also the labor to plant them all.
When I moved to my place i lost but 30 crocuses to the little darlings. Now I plant in pots if the plant is on their menu.
