How to Plant Lilies With Growing Shoots

True lilies are bulbous plants that incorporate a great number of varieties, including stargazer, regal and Casablanca. Although it's usually best to transplant lilies in the fall after the foliage dies back, you can still plant them when they have growth. Be careful while removing the plants from their current locations, so you do not harm the plants and the bulbs in the process.

Tiller or hoe
Compost
Twine
Garden fork

Instructions

- 1
  Prepare the new planting bed in an area that receives partial to full sun. Till 12 inches of soil with a hoe or garden tiller, mixing in 4 to 6 inches of compost in the process. The tilling and compost creates a rich and fertile soil bed that drains water well.
- 2
  Remove the lilies from their current container. Alternatively, dig them up if you're moving them from one area of the garden to another. Lily bulbs are planted anywhere between 4 to 10 inches deep out in the garden. Loosely tie the foliage so you can better see what you are doing, and use a garden fork to carefully lift the bulbs and plants out of the soil
- 3
  Replant the lily plants with much of the same soil still surrounding the bulbs. Plant them so they are at the same depth as they were planted before. Lightly pack the soil around the base of the lilies, and water the area well with 1 inch of water. Space lilies approximately 8 to 12 inches apart.

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