I know that is a perennial. Also when I first bought it it hade bright red flowers that fell off. In their place grew the buds that you see in the picture. It has been three weeks and the buds have not yet bloomed. Are they buds or do I need to pinch them off so they will bloom?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmo1/
2007-06-09 13:20:38 · 7 answers · asked by kidfromchitown 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
That is a lily. Those buds are seed pods...
Usually, you cut them off, so that the energy from the plant will go into producing more flowers... next year. I'm afraid that you're not going to get any more flowers this year... what will happen now is that the plant will produce a lot of food which it will store in its bulb. It will then die down, and resprout next spring...and, if you're lucky you'll get more blooms then. If you want to keep it in that pot, I'd recommend planting some sort of annual with it, because pretty soon, you're going to be looking at a big pot of bare dirt. Try some petunias, allysum, marigolds... anything that you like...
2007-06-09 13:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by Claude W 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a lillium. It is a perennial that should be planted in the ground. Once it blooms, it will seed, (That's what you see now with the bulbous "pods") then the plant will die all the way to the ground--don't pinch off or cut anything; the energy from the plant must return to the bulb in the ground in order for proper storage of regrowth in the spring. In the spring, it will re-grow and bloom the red flower you spoke of.
2007-06-09 20:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by btdevo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What you have is a lily. The red portions which fell off are called petals. The remaining round bumps on the end of the stems are not buds. They are portions of the original flower.
This Plant will not bloom again this year. but if you it to bloom next year, you must continue to feed and water it until it drys up on its own
2007-06-09 20:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Monday'schild 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Those are not buds, those are what's leftover after the blooming period. Put them in the ground and they will come back next year.
2007-06-10 12:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Granny Grunt. It's an Asiatic Lily. Those are what were the center of the flower. They will come back next year, but in my experience they will do better if planted in the ground.
2007-06-09 22:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by gale 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a asiatic Lilly
http://michaelfrazier.net/images/PhotoPages/Flowers/MichaelFrazierPhotoAsiaticLilly.htm
http://my.core.com/~efuller/images/Flowers/Lilly%20Sorbet2.jpg
2007-06-09 21:08:11 · answer #6 · answered by LucySD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
commonly called easter lilly. you may need to overwinter it in your basement - depending on where you live.
mondays child gave you the best answer from thise above mine.
2007-06-09 21:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by Belize Missionary 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋