I broke one of my dwarf lilies :(

[SubRosa]

Yes the off shoots will form a bulb but it takes several years to get a bulb the size of one you buy.

 

[H2Ogal]

Nope. Just one bulb that continually produces plants that are separated and replanted individually.

So you snap the bulb off the established plant, and it keeps growing? Now I'm back to wondering if I need to pull the plant or not.

Personally I like lilies and lotus better if you don't let floaters form. Sure they won't bloom but they form a beautiful mound of leaves. A Red Thai Lily grown this way is simply breathtaking.

I do agree that the plants looked better before the floaters. For now, I'm enjoying the lily pads, but will probably remove them at some point and cut off the dying leaves, let the whole thing start over again.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Personally I like lilies and lotus better if you don't let floaters form. Sure they won't bloom but they form a beautiful mound of leaves. A Red Thai Lily grown this way is simply breathtaking.

I agree. I usually try to remove the floaters, as well.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

So you snap the bulb off the established plant, and it keeps growing?

The bulb (or mother plant) usually produces runners. It is from these runners that I get my extra plants. I normally don't just snap off the main plants as they grow, though I think it would be fine as long as the plants had some root structure. The bulb will grow new plants over and over.
Also, a single plant can be split in two and replanted.

 

[H2Ogal]

I will have to disagree. If the broken piece has roots it can most certainly grow. I 've propagated many, many, lilies and lotus this way. And the bulb will most definitely regrow.

Missed this post earlier, sorry. Good info, thanks!

Now, I just have to decide about that rescaping I'd started to plan ...

 

[SubRosa]

I agree. I usually try to remove the floaters, as well.

I like to let them bloom occasionally as well.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

It's the best of both worlds.

 

[H2Ogal]

:lol:

Hey, SubRosa, do yours generally try to bloom always/only after sending up floaters? I'm just curious if I should expect to see that happen, or if it requires particularly special growing conditions?