Three years ago I bought a pot of Lilies for my wife (and our patio). They were lovely and went dormant in the Fall. I put the lilies, pot and all in the garage and basically forgot about them until Spring. There were some green shoots. About this time the bloomed again, bigger than the ear before
Last year they lost the battle with a rabbit. I figured they were done, we got two seasons out of an inexpensive plant from the local Tractor Supply Company. They ended up back in the garage until a few weeks ago. So far no rabbits