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Expert: Kenneth Joergensen - 7/5/2006


Question
Once the Stargazer lilies blooms and the flower falls off will it bloom again in the same season?

Answer
No, Stargazers are "one show per season" flowers. You can cut off the top few inches of the plant now to avoid the plant going to seed. Then continue to water your lily as normal. The longer the green leaves stay on the plant the better. During this time, the plant re-generate the bulb for next year's bloom.

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Kenneth Joergensen

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Can answer questions about spring and summer bulbs: selection, soil preparation, planting, fertilizing, designing with bulbs. I can also give references where to buy the bulbs and how to store them. Besides the typical bulbs (tulips, daffodils, amaryllis, lilies etc) I can also answer questions about other geophytes, such as tuberous begonia, dahlias, etc. When to start indoors, light requirement, etc. My experience is in cool season areas, but I can answer questions about warm season areas if given time to research matter.

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Have worked with various bulbs (spring and summer bulbs). I am presently an allexpert advicer on the lawn message board also.

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