about ten bulbs a day that entire week until they were finally all in the ground. i was hoping to see a yard full of lilies the next year.
not a single one bloomed last year.
if you are familiar with surprise lilies, you know they shoot up leaves in the spring. the leaves die off in summer and then all of a sudden this single stalk comes up out of the ground in late summer and the lilies bloom at the end of it.
this single stalk started growing up out of the ground last week. it’s the only one out of the 60 or so that i planted that has ever 