Renga lilies - growing from seed (pot or ground?)

19 years ago

Has anyone grown renga renga lilies from seed? Can i put them directly in the ground or should I start them in pots first?

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Mary Palmer
19 years ago
I grew these from seed I bought when I was in New Zealand in the fall of 2002. I started them in plug trays in the late fall 2003. I had a heat mat under them and kept them in my green house over the winter. This was my first real attempt at starting seeds and almost all of them survived! I am wondering how hardy they are? How much cold/frost will they tolerate and still come back as a perennial?
riverstone6
19 years ago
These things are tough!! I planted real small plants from root-trainers,their first winter they were snowed on, frosted and it was very wet.They flowered profusely in Dec and I cut off those stems and biffed them over the bank--a few weeks later they flowered again, those first stems had ripened the seeds and it seemed as if all those seeds struck. This was on clay, windswept Wellington hilltop and 3 years later it is difficult to walk down that bank as the arthropodiums are so thick. I have now moved to the Auckland area and I pulled out several blobs of seedlings, seperated them into small cells and voila! there are 200 arthropodiums for the new garden. No special treatment at all not even fancy seedling mix!! Cheers, Sandra
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katiezub
Original Author
19 years ago
Wow - they sound great!
i've just started the seeds in pots a week or 2 ago. How long before they get to a reasonable size and flower??
riverstone6
19 years ago
You may well find that some of them reach flowering size this summer. Just put them in the ground as soon as they are big enough to handle, feed them with a good general fertiliser and watch them grow. Cheers,Sandra
aliceinwonderland_20
14 years ago
my lilies are in a pot and thriving. should i divide them. can they winter outside. how much sun.
vetivert8
14 years ago
Renga renga are hardy in zones 8-10+. They grow in both sun and shade. They tolerate drought and 'difficult' soils. They live under hungry trees such as sequoia - and thrive.

They don't do well with frost. They are evergreen - and start to flower once they have clumped up. Think of them as being like Hostas, in that regard.

If you are in Massachussets I'd advise growing in a pot - as you would a spider plant - and put it out over the summer. Water when the potting mix is dry to about an inch down. Bring in for winter.

If you use a decorative pot it could be used as you would a feature Hosta in the garden.

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