Dear Master Gardener: I received a potted lily plant for Mother’s Day. Can I plant it in my garden? Answer: It depends. If it is an Asiatic lily, you can plant it in your garden after it blooms. Cut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What a joy it is to see the lilies breaking the ground this time of year. It makes me realize it will not be long before I have an ...

Spring brings many beautiful flowers, but none more beautiful than the lily. Readily found this time of year and often used for celebrations and decorating in the spring, lilies are important to many ...

The large, showy blooms of lilies add colorful elegance to the summer landscape. While many plants are called "lilies," plants such as daylily, calla lily, surprise lily or water lily are not true ...

Susan Mulvihill couldn’t resist planting a few Asiatic lilies called Forever Susan. It turns out they were a good investment because the bright colors really stand out in her garden. (Susan ...

Often you will find Asiatic and Oriental lilies that have been forced to bloom for Easter. These would make a great alternative for an Easter lily if you want to plant them in your garden. Easter ...

The garden lily is a summer flower just about anyone could grow. Plant the bulbs in the fall, fertilize, water and sit back. Nature usually does the rest. Insects, diseases and four-legged creatures ...

First off...Happy Mother's Day! To celebrate I thought since our moms are the queens of our families that we'd talk about the queen of the summer blooming bulbs...the ...

People often ask me what is my favorite flower. I love so many that I guess I would have to answer, “The one blooming at the moment.” I have many, many favorites and right now oriental lilies are ...

Asiatic lilies have upward-facing flowers like this soft pink variety. (Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center) Of all the flowers of summer, none are as aristocratic as the lilies – regal flowers ...

When they aren’t complaining about the weather, gardeners often like to whine about what awful things the hybridizers have done to this or that venerable plant to make it smaller or bushier or ...

Mid-July typically is when flower gardens hit their stride. Perennials are in bud or blossom, and annuals continue to thrive. It’s a kaleidoscope of color to be sure, assuming fungal disease and ...