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Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum) seed germination
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Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum) seed germination


Last night the wood lily at the back of my property went to seed. I managed to gather some of its seeds and I’m excited to grow some. However my attempts at growing native plants from seed hasn’t been the greatest so far. Anyone have any tips or knowledge? I have no idea if they take multiple years to germinate or what. Located in Alberta, Canada edge of the boreal and foot hills natural regions.

by Fabulous-Doughnut-22

4 Comments

  1. Many_Needleworker683

    Idk but following since this is s species I reallt want

  2. Moist-You-7511

    this is an incredibly hard and slow plant to propagate from seed.

    I’ve purchased it several times in Michigan and had them 100% eaten by chipmunks immediately.

    Part of that is that they were in a garden setting, more than all mixed up with other stuff, so we’re super easy. So if you try to grow them protect them. You’d probably have them in pots for two or three year before planting out, assuming you even got to them to germinate. In some sense the best bet is to direct sow them near where you go let them on a spot you clear up a bit for them.

    you’re in an interesting spot! Spend time on the explore section of inaturalist.org looking at what’s around,

  3. FateEx1994

    This one is tough.

    Prairie moon nursery says 60 days of cold stratification. But I wonder if it’s a 2 season germination or something.

    My mom and aunt tried to get it to grow and failed.

    The similar Michigan lily says 120 days (60 warm 80F, 60 cold moist, then plant in the spring, basically sow in spring and the following spring it’ll sprout)

    Since they’re similar I wonder if the wood lilyneeds to do 2 cycles.

    https://www.prairiemoon.com/lilium-philadelphicum-prairie-lily#panel-qna

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