Transplanting Easter Lilies from Pot to Garden

Plant Easter lilies outdoors as soon as flowers fade and foliage is still green. Choose a sunny, well-drained spot. Dig a hole twice the pot width, amend with coarse potting mix for drainage, and plant at the same depth. Water deeply to settle soil.

Keep watered all summer until leaves yellow naturally (heat triggers dormancy). Stop watering, then resume in spring. Lilies return yearly with minimal care. In Burlington, VT (zone 4/5), they’re reliably perennial.