Saturday 18 February 2017

Birthday Lily

In Dec 2015, I got a Princess Lily plant for my birthday. It did well the first year under the Hakea. Then it started to die out due to lack of water. I had left it in the pot as we had no more place to plant anything new!

This summer, we did not plant any vegetables in the veggie patch. Instead, I planted all the flower seeds I had - Calendula, Carnation and Virginian Stock. In that process, I also moved the Princess Lily to the patch. Most of the leaves were already dead. But when I took it out of the pot, there was a massive network of roots! I had hopes that it would survive.

Sure enough, the roots settled in within a couple of weeks. Soon, the plant became bushier and started flowering. Here are some pictures of how well it is doing.

Princess Lily

Princess Lily