Friday, June 21, 2024

BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND BACK FOR 2024: THE CROTON GARDENER! #5, IT'S LILY SEASON!

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND BACK FOR 2024: THE CROTON GARDENER! #5, tips, alerts and more.....IT'S LILY SEASON!


Whether it's the wild roadside variety---click on the photo---or the Asiatic varieties, there are some lily pests you should be aware of---LIKE THE SCARLET LILY BEETLE.  A true pest that can wreak havoc---read more about it here.

Oddly enough, wild lilies don't seem to suffer the same issues very much.

And then of course there's BOTRYTIS, another common lily issue---read more at Botrytis - Most common disease of lilies (plantlilies.com)

AND A FLICKR PHOTO POOL HERE

AND NOW:
BACK IN 2022, MASSIVE WASPS WERE  SPOTTED IN DUTCHESS COUNTY, HAVEN'T SEEN THEM THIS YEAR--YET---READ MORE AT  Massive Wasps Spotted in Dutchess County, What Are They? (hudsonvalleypost.com)



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1 comment:

  1. Thank you, I have those damn red beetles.

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