Q&A for How to Prune Lilies

You should cut back daylilies after the growing season has concluded. Wait until there are no more blooms on your plant to begin pruning.

Yes, they should be cut back after the first frost of fall has passed but before the ground is frozen.

You don't need to. Once they're brown the plant no longer needs them, but it does no harm to leave them on if you don't want to remove them.

Yes. Each year it gets the energy to bloom again from the year before and stores it. If it grew well this year, and if it's the kind of lily that will grow where you are, it will bloom again. An Easter lily or a lily you got as a plant already from a florist or grocery store has been forced and might very well be too spent to bloom in the very next year. But every year after it should be fine.

Desert plants are good at going dormant and waiting for ideal weather. They likely were already there. If they survived the drought and the desert and the cold, don't do anything!

In the fall, several weeks after the blooms have all gone, you can gently dig up the bulbs and divide them if necessary. Then you may replant wherever you like, though note that if planting in the same place, adding some compost or other methods of fertilization is a good idea.

Yes, it would be best to water your lilies around once a week to keep your plant healthy and encourage beautiful blooms during the spring-summer months.

Lilies are perennial plants, meaning they only bloom once a year, so unfortunately, your lily is done blooming until next spring.

Yes, you can. Cut your hybrid lilies down to the stalk at a 45-degree angle using shears. Be sure to leave around 2 inches (5 cm) of the stem to mark the plant's location.