Want Allium - a mix of Large purple and White Globemaster. and the 'Heirloom' Turk's Cap. Yellow, Red and Purple color ( have plenty of the Orange!!) Send a 'mail' and we can chat. Judy

Jessie: I'd love to have these. I'll email you now. Thanks, Ann

I've never been a big fan of orange flowers --------- until now. Those are gorgeous! Gotta get some.

Late winter/early spring sales of lily bulbs is pretty common and planting after that time is equally as common :-) The question is vernalization or the required cold period. Most lily bulbs sold in winter/spring have been harvested in fall and kept in cold storage; otherwise, fresh harvested bulbs have spent the winter underground and should have experienced an adequate cold period. But it doesn't have to be all that cold......6-8 weeks at around 45F should be sufficient. Generally, summer flowering bulbs do not require the same degree of vernalization as do spring flowering bulbs but if the climate is too warm in winter, they will not flower well without some sort of chill period, either natural or artificial. FWIW, I am only a zone lower than you and typically plant lilies in spring for bloom that summer. February is typically when they become available in stores and nursery outlets here. And they are perfectly happy in the ground in winter without additional cold treatment. In fact there are a lot of commercial lily growers in this area :-) Plant at the same depth.....dwarf lilies do not necessarily have smaller bulb, only smaller growth habits.