Have best early water I have had in at least 4 seasons. I am propagating my lilies in many ways. Some plants I float. I let the rhizome overwinter and little crowns form, or new growth of a new plant. Some have multiple crowns. It is much easier to deal with them floating than unpotting and repotting. Of course these are of the hardy variety.
Next I take a sharp knife and seperate them. These are ready for planting, in a container, in the pond bottom or I float them a bit longer.
I am also working towards more colors. And drawdown surviving varieties. The lilies I have on pond bottoms propagate much differently. They just send rhizomes growing in all directions, and the main rhizomes get real large. The plants in containers split the plastic ones, break clay.
The best way to slow unwanted growth is float and container. The little crowns will take 2 -3 seasons beofre the breakout. The floaters are removed from a drawdown pond where the rhizomes are already dried out and easy to dig up. The market for these is increasing quite a bit. Some plants or varieites retail for $25 planted in a 1 gal container. New varieites like Almost Black command very high prices. I hope fhm like staying in my lily propagation tubs.
