Author name: Louise Hughes

I'm Louise Hughes and I run the flower blog flowersfornow.com. I've been interested in flowers since I was a little girl and I love sharing my knowledge with others. I started the blog as a way to share my love of flowers with the world, and I hope to inspire others to appreciate the beauty of flowers as well.

Do lilies make seeds?

During the active growing season, lilies flowers bloom near the tips of the stalks. They later shrivel leaving the ovary to ripen and form the seed pod. Immature pods have a pale green color with an ovate, lobed shape . The size and shape of the seed pods vary depending on different species of lilies. …

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Are lilies unlucky?

Survey of ‘unlucky’ plants 1. Lilies are deemed funeral flowers. Apparently it is unlucky to have them in the house – no idea why! [Eastcote, Middlesex, 1950s] mum would not allow lilies in the house [e-mail, March 2017]. Lilies are deemed funeral flowers. Apparently it is unlucky to have them in the house – no …

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Can lilies freeze?

Yes, lilies can handle frost if you protect them as we suggested. There is usually no problem with lilies being damaged by frost. Cold weather can be quite tolerable for most lilies. Though lilies have a fast recovering ability from a hard freeze, it is better to protect them, especially from late spring cold. Hardy …

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