Collect and sow seeds

Collect seeds from torch lilies

In order to harvest germinable seeds from your torch lilies, the inflorescences must remain on the plant even after it has withered.

Only when the seed is ripe, i.e. can be removed by shaking it, may the now dried out flower be cut.

Even though Torch lilies not poisonous you should store the semen in such a way that it is out of the reach of children and pets.

Torch lily seeds need cold treatment

Even collected seeds need a longer cold period immediately after harvest. Otherwise they will not germinate later.

Put the seeds in a freezer bag and store them in the refrigerator for the winter. Then you can sow it from next spring.

How to sow torch lilies

• Prepare the seed tray
• Sow seeds
• Just press the seeds on
• Place bright but not sunny
• Keep moist

You can sow the seeds of torch lilies from spring to autumn. It germinates within two to four weeks at a temperature of around 20 degrees. The seedlings are placed in a bright place and kept well moist. But avoid waterlogging.

When the plants have developed four to six leaves, place them one at a time in small pots filled with potting compost. They stay there until they are planted out in spring.

Do not plant new torch lilies outside before spring

Young torch lilies are only allowed into the spring in the spring Perennial bed or to be planted in the garden.

Torch lilies planted in autumn do not have enough time to grow properly. You do not survive the winter.

You have to be patient until your offspring bloom, as the plants only grow in the first year rarely blooms.

Tips & Tricks

Torch lilies can also be easily propagated by dividing or separating young plants. Small rosettes develop on older perennials, which you prick from the mother plant in spring and transfer them to a new one Location can transplant.