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lilies in bloom this year.
"We often have people just stop to
look," says Arnold.
The flower commands that kind of
attention, says Margy. "They are
spectacular. They have a presence.
They make a
statement."
Growing the
garden bulb to be
marketable takes
about three years,
Arnold says. "People may think
bulbs cost a lot, but it's been three
years to get it there." Some of the
new varieties can take seven to 10
years. "To be a proven hybrid,
reproducing over and over again,
could take that long," he says.
Once the bulbs are in the ground,
however, people get what they pay
for. Lilies are easy to grow and easy
to care for, the Wiegersmas say.
"And they multiply so you get a nice
bunch after a few years," says
Margy.
The Asiatic and L.A. hybrids
bloom for about a month in late June
or early to mid-July. "However, the
more buds the longer they will
bloom," says Margy, adding that it
could be up to eight weeks. Orientals
bloom in August.
All of this relies on a number of
variables, the Wiegersmas note, such
as sun, moisture and the time of
planting.
As the Orientals are not as cold
hardy as other
hybrids, they require
mulch over the
winter. All lilies like
sunshine. "But if you
find that a spot is
shadier than when you originally
planted them and they are not
blooming, just transplant them to a
better location in the fall."
"People may think bulbs
cost a lot, but ifs been three
years to get it there."
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The best time for this is October to
have the plant resume its normal
cycle. However, Margy says, if
planted in the spring, while there
would be less bud, and it would
bloom later, it would self -correct the
next year.
With the fundraiser which ends in
time for people to get those bulbs in
the ground in April the Wiegersmas
hope for a busy year. Arnold jokes,
"We want to run out of bulbs."
The couple's long-term goal is,
according to Arnold, "to see 10 acres
of lilies in bloom. In Holland you
would have that."0
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