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I bought an indoor stargazer lilly with 3 stems in a pot which has now flowered and is dropping leaves. The pot was watered and the compost is at normal moisture. Will this come back again next year if I keep the bulbs in the pot ?
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Yes, keep it watered and give it a feed. The leaves should not be dropping this soon. Next year in very early spring it may well be worth putting it in a larger pot or even splitting up the bulbs. If you have three stems it suggests to me that there are three bulbs in the pot. You may also find some baby bulbs as well.
I don't think that Stargazer is hardy so wouldn't suggest putting it in the ground.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
Stargazer sshould be fine outdoors, in the UK I had stargazer outside in a morrisons flower buckets for 5 years, they froze solid a few times , now they are planted in the garden in Bulgaria, 2nd year and it was -15C most of the time over the winter and -30C some times and very waterlogged as well when not frozenLiving off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....Comment
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The leaves are def dropping off. Should I do the same with my Hyacinth plants that have stopped flowering ?Comment
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Yes, keep watering them and let the leaves die back naturally. If the hyacinths have been forced they will not produce the magnificent flowers but should flower never the less. They will be better planted in the garden.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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