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My mail order nursery shipped my double Tiger Lilies really early this season. The bulbs have arrived already sprouted inside of their baggie. Can I still plant them, and will they grow even though they sprouted while not in the ground? Would they do better in a large, deep pot?

Once bulbs sprout without any soil, are they still viable or is it curtains for them?
 
Chunk it in the ground and I’m sure they will take. Lillie’s as a species are pretty hardy and as long as you have well draining soil these shouldn’t have a problem growing.
 
Go ahead and plant them. I get bulbs like that at the local store and they grow even though they have already “begun.” Put them right in the ground!
 
I often get bulbs with sprouts. They’ve always done fine. If you need to delay planting, just put them in a cool dark space and they’ll do fine for another couple of weeks. They are hearty plants!
 
Thanks, Folks. It’s good to know they’ll still grow. I asked, because last year, I bought some lilies at a garden center, and many of them had sprouted in the package. I planted them, but they didn’t do anything. They didn’t die back, but they didn’t grow, either. This year, I’m noticing that one of them has a stem poking out of the soil. So, maybe they just needed a year to develop a good root system?

I’m going to put these in a large pot, as the soil isn’t yet workable out in the garden.
 
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect them to flower this year. If some do, great, but it takes time for them to root and generate enough energy to flower.
 
Update: I planted these bulbs in a very large pot. There are three of them, and I gave them a good distance between each. I mulched around them, because it still gets a little cold on our covered deck, but at least it’s sheltered. The pot is too large and heavy to bring indoors, so that will have to suffice. I will be putting chicken wire around the inner edge of the pot, and anchoring it down with garden staples so my cats can’t get into it (they aren’t going to like that, but too bad!).
 
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