Easy-Care Easter Lilies

Tips to keep your Easter lilies happy and healthy

BY: NHGC

• Select compact plants with healthy foliage and buds at several stages of maturity.

• Remove protective sleeves from pots; they can encourage root rot.

• Set plants in bright, indirect light, away from drafts.

• Keep daytime temperatures at 60ºF to 65ºF; slightly cooler at night.

• When plants bloom, remove the yellow anthers (this prolongs bloom life and prevents pollen from staining).

• Cut off spent blooms, and water only as needed.

• Keep cats away--Easter lily leaves are poisonous to cats, causing lethargy, vomiting, kidney failure, and even death. If your cat eats the leaves, take the animal to a veterinarian right away.

Comments

By momjp Friday, April 29, 2011 12:21 AM

is there any way this plant can be planted outside in zone 6? I have gladiolas growing w/out lifting them. If I plant them in the same area, do you think they'll grow?

By donnarae52 Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:09 PM

I live in Wisconsin and plant the bulbs after the lily dies and after the threat of frost is gone. I do not lift the bulbs in fall, they come up every year. Granted they do not bloom until July but they are beautiful when they do!