{"id":7730,"date":"2015-10-02T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2015-09-16T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:44:37","slug":"foxtail-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/10\/02\/foxtail-lilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxtail Lilies Are Uniquely Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7731\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Eremurus-spp-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7731\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7731\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Eremurus-spp-2-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Foxtail Lilies at Chanticleer, Wayne, PA\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Eremurus-spp-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Eremurus-spp-2-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foxtail Lilies at Chanticleer, Wayne, PA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Foxtail lilies or desert candles (<em>Eremurus<\/em> spp.) are beginning to find an audience with U.S. gardeners. Foxtail lilies are indigenous to the grasslands and semi-arid parts of Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan (USDA hardiness zones 5\u20138).<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>Tall spires of brightly colored flowers emerge in late spring; small individual flowers are densely packed together. Each showy flower cluster can take up half of the plant\u2019s tall stem. Flowers begin opening at the bottom of the stalk and progress upward. Colors range from white,\u00a0yellow, orange and red shades.<\/p>\n<p>Low mounds of grass-like leaves emerge in early spring from hardy tubers. Depending on variety, they can rise three to eight feet tall. The mound of foliage is typically covers 1-2 feet in\u00a0ground width.<\/p>\n<p>This herbaceous perennial thrives in full sun, and is best adapted to a\u00a0moist, compost-rich, well-drained sandy soil. The Achilles heel of foxtail lilies is poor soil drainage. Adding\u00a01-2 handfuls of Permatil\u00ae beneath each tuber at planting time\u00a0prevents root rot problems and potential infestations by voles. It is exceptionally drought tolerant and requires some protection from wind.<\/p>\n<p>In early autumn tubers should be planted shallowly (2 to\u00a04 inches deep) immediately\u00a0after arrival from the nursery. Do not allow tubers to dry out and\u00a0do not disturb them once planted.\u00a0These woody, tuberous rootstocks should be planted upon receipt 36 inches apart and never overcrowd them. Mulch the soil over winter for additional winter protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Foxtail lilies or desert candles (Eremurus spp.) are beginning to find an audience with U.S. gardeners. Foxtail lilies are indigenous to the grasslands and semi-arid parts of Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan (USDA hardiness zones 5\u20138). Tall spires of brightly colored flowers emerge in late spring; small individual flowers are densely packed together. Each showy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,747,605,674,806,1221,602,551,625,843,812,729,777,705,861,113,1222,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8092,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/8092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}