Lilium catesbaei

[Diane Clement]

I have germinated a potful of Lilium catesbaei, which seemed an achievement in itself 
Has anyone any advice on what to do next?  Do I need to sit the pot in water??  What about pH requirements, and how hardy is it??  Who has managed to flower it, and how?

[WimB]

I have germinated a potful of Lilium catesbaei, which seemed an achievement in itself 
Has anyone any advice on what to do next?  Do I need to sit the pot in water??  What about pH requirements, and how hardy is it??  Who has managed to flower it, and how?

Hi Diane,

just saw your message when searching for companion plants for my outdour CP-bog, talk about taking a detour  . Anyhow, that's a real achievement indeed. It grows in the same areas as Sarracenia's. Someone in the forum of the ICPS grows it in pots with his Sarracenia's: http://icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=outdoor&action=display&thread=2622, the 5th post in the thread. He grows them in Florida, which is the native home of this plant but I read it's hardy down to -15°C. If you ever get your plants to flower and you get some seed, I would very much like to try them.

[Diane Clement]

just saw your message when searching for companion plants for my outdour CP-bog, talk about taking a detour  . Anyhow, that's a real achievement indeed. It grows in the same areas as Sarracenia's. Someone in the forum of the ICPS grows it in pots with his Sarracenia's: http://icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=outdoor&action=display&thread=2622, the 5th post in the thread. He grows them in Florida, which is the native home of this plant but I read it's hardy down to -15°C. If you ever get your plants to flower and you get some seed, I would very much like to try them.  

I grow Sarracenias in my pond, and the ones I grow are quite easy although they like more sun than I can give them.  I would have thought them to be hardier than Lilium catesbaei.  I am worried that the lily is not particularly hardy.  I'd be surprised if it were hardy to -15 C as it comes from Florida.  At the moment, the pot is just seedlings - like a pot of grass.  The pot is sitting in a saucer of rainwater in a shady spot.  Time will tell      

[WimB]

just saw your message when searching for companion plants for my outdour CP-bog, talk about taking a detour  . Anyhow, that's a real achievement indeed. It grows in the same areas as Sarracenia's. Someone in the forum of the ICPS grows it in pots with his Sarracenia's: http://icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=outdoor&action=display&thread=2622, the 5th post in the thread. He grows them in Florida, which is the native home of this plant but I read it's hardy down to -15°C. If you ever get your plants to flower and you get some seed, I would very much like to try them.  

I grow Sarracenias in my pond, and the ones I grow are quite easy although they like more sun than I can give them.  I would have thought them to be hardier than Lilium catesbaei.  I am worried that the lily is not particularly hardy.  I'd be surprised if it were hardy to -15 C as it comes from Florida.  At the moment, the pot is just seedlings - like a pot of grass.  The pot is sitting in a saucer of rainwater in a shady spot.  Time will tell      

Hi Diane,

it grows as far north as Virginia (which has USDA hardiness zone 5-8). I grow Sarracenia psittacina unprotected outside while it only grows in the much warmer states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Just to show one can never be sure of the hardiness until one tries. Although I wouldn't try with a pot of very young and precious L. catesbaei  . If they grow to adult plants you can always try one outside. Don't forgot to show the flowers in a couple of years. 

[Susan Band]

Diane, just found this post when searching for seed suppliers. Is it still alive? Not that it matters too much as I have never found seed yet. Would be good to know someone is growing it
Susan