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beginner’s corner
Lilies
of the
INDOOR
GARDEN
by Dr. Lynette Morgan | While towering plants
topped with beautiful blooms are not that well-
suited to a compact indoor garden, lilies come
in a diverse range of forms. These include dwarf
varieties that are an ideal potted plant or addition
to a small hydroponic system.
L
ilies are a popular flowering plant and cut flower
crop with large, spectacular blooms in a diverse
range of colors that often take center stage in
bouquets at Easter and Christmas. True lilies are
flowering plants that belong to the genus Lilium. As
a commercial crop, they have undergone some exten-
sive breeding programs to produce the impressive
hybrids grown hydroponically and in greenhouses.
In a heated indoor area, hydroponic growers can
produce lilies year-round with the use of pre-plant-
ing bulb chilling followed by flower “forcing” under
warm conditions and good light levels.
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grow cycle