Question
I received the plant for Christmas.  I bloomed for about a week.  Then all the blooms dried up and fell off.  The leaves are turning yellow.  How do I care for this plant until I can put it in the ground in the spring.  I live in northeastern New York.  Needless to say the ground is frozen and covered in snow.

Answer
Hi Beverly,
Thanx for your question.  Without knowing what you have, I really can't tell you what to do or if the plant is still alive.  Some lilies or lily-like plants will expend themselves because they were forced by nurseries to bloom during the holiday season.  This takes all their energy and they die after blooming.  This is common for tulips, narcissus, paperwhites, Easterlilies and crocuses that have been sold as holiday plants.  These bulbs have been forced to bloom and the plant will generally die once it has bloomed.  Because the ground is frozen outdoors right now in New York, you can try to take care of what you have by watering it once a week until spring.  Then empty the pot and look for a living bulb or tuber.  If you still have one and it is not mushy and/or foul smelling, you may have a chance to redeem your plant.  Just plant it about 6 inches deep in good soil and water once a week if it doesn't rain regularly.  A little bone meal will help too.  If it's still alive leaves should emerge in a few weeks.  I doubt if it will bloom because it already has taken a lot of energy to bloom and the leaves did not get any exposure to sun.  Plants like lilies, tulips, etc. gather energy from the sun via their leaves and store the energy in their bulbs for next year's bloom and growth.  If the leaves were not exposed to the sun, the bulb is going to be very weak and the plant will save it's energy for green growth rather than blooming and seed-making.  I hope this helps.
Tom