Hello, I'm a newbie here. Someone locally refered me to the TN forum and now I have found my way over here as I have an extreem love of lilies. Not only am I a newbie to this website I am a newbie to gardening. I purchased my first house a couple years ago, and in the process of trying to spruce up the outside I discovered i love gardening. I was trilled to see my lilies come back the following spring! If you have anymore seeds left I would LOVE to give them a nice home in my beds!!! Anykind will do :o) I can email you my address!

Connie, I take my plants out of the pools in late October just before ice forms for the season. The frozen foliage is cut back to the crowns and plants are stored in the cold room at about 4 or 5 C ... but, do not let them freeze! It's best to keep the roots WET and under water, so planting in a water tight container (with NO holes) is best. When planting, place the tops of the rhizomes, which grow horizontially across the surface, about two inches from the top rim of the pot, then keep the containers topped up with water, some varieties are prone to pushing their crowns upward, so for these I place moistened fiberglass upon, that stuff really stays wet! Terry

Hey Hollow7, welcome to GardenWeb. I usually don't like to post person-to-person notes in someone elses's thread like this, but, because you don't have your member profile set up so someone can contact you directly, this is the only way I can contact you. You emailed me, but I had no way of emailing your back. Please consider setting up your profile so that other's can email you from GardenWeb. You don't have to (and I would recommend that you don't) expose your email address publically, but it would be helpful for people to be able to contact you. I would recommend that you choose " Show my email address to: None" and check the box below that beside "Allow other users to send you email..." on your membership details page. You may also want to fill out your Exchange List. GardenWeb asks that you offer something in exchange for things in seed and plant swaps. Most people will want to know what you have to exchange. Alternately, you may want to look for offers of free-for-postage stuff (just like this nice offer in this thread). You just aren't supposed to ask for free stuff first (without an offer from the person supplying the seeds, cuttings, or plants), unless you are offering something in exchange. I hope this helps. This post was edited by brandon7 on Mon, Nov 24, 14 at 21:44

Kuddos to you in your generosity, m'friend! Tell ya what bro, it doesn't stop there. For the past many moons, we've been taking some of the surplus of our harvest up to the retirement village where my stepsons grandma has been residing. Unfortunately we lost her right before this Christmas past. Recently, a couple of the staff have contacted me via e-mail, and phone, to let me know that some of the other residents have all ready been inquiring as to whethat or not we would still be comin around to visit, and I assured them that we would indeed be coming around with gifts aplenty this year, the same as before! It made my oldest boy well up (and his old man as well, truth be told!) We gardeners sometimes don't realize how much we have been blessed, do we?