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My computer had a brain cramp so I think I lost my thread. What lovely pix! What is the last one? It looks like an iris growing on an apple tree!
You obviously don't have the lily beetle yet in Ohio. It is spreading ruin here in Massachusetts, not only decimating the lilies but appearing on the little fritillaria. I hate using poisons, but when it came to my precious Canada lilies I attacked with a can of Raid Flying Insect. It helped, but one must spray constantly to keep the little nasties at bay.
I apologise if this duplicates the one I tried to previous before. Jean
Quiltjean, sorry to have confused you on that last image! It is indeed a Dutch Iris, but it's growing up between the leaves of a Scheffelera I had in the same bed!
Thanks for the nice comments.
On another subject, we don't have anything here that eats the lilies, except the occasional earwig munch. I'm interested in your bug. Is "Lily Beetle" the real name?
Sorry to be so long. I have no idea what its Latin name is--I only do plant names. It is red, curved sides with blunt ends, perhaps 3/8". The larvae hatch in the ground, I think, then travel up on the plant and disguise themselves with their own excrement carried on their backs. They are not dainty eaters! They make large holes not only in the leaves but in the blossoms.
My son lives in Vermont. He got the lily beetle, apparently in the soil of a lily, so be careful of sources for lilies.
