That's what I'm hoping, none of my purple-leafed lilies bloomed at all.

It's a pretty safe bet they'll be back, albeit a little smaller. Make a determination then as they progress. Susan, it dawned on me about your tarping a couple hot days ago. About your role out mothod. Sounded good. But keep in mind a couple things. 1. always remember: you need an airspace and vent whereever possible. Condensation forms on the underside of the tarp--which you've probably seen and you do not want the rosettes to get cold/wet for long--something easy to prevent by placing short support stakes here and there before you roll out the tarp. 2. Another reason is that tarps themselves don't offer protection--any contact between leaf and tarp and the leaf will freeze. Its the airspace under the tarp that gives the protection. Just as a side note--last spring I saw white frost on the underside of my tarps. And leave a small openings for venting.

Ticker said:Ok, guys, I'm thinking this lily is virused and needs to go. What do you all think? Thanks!

I'm new to these lilies - can you tell me what problem you see on this one?
I got into this thread because I noticed some yukky looking white fuzz on my asiatics and am poking around to see what the heck.

One member helped with a possible ID of "pubescence", which is normal on some lilies. Can anyone tell me if that's what I have going on here?


BTW, someone above referred to their lilies as "daylilies" when they were asiatics and nobody corrected them.
DAYlilies, I know - it's the thing I've grown the longest. Hemerocallis.
http://garden.org/plants/searc...

It appears to be one of the furry type lilies but it looks like there is something else going on bottom center where there is something shiny white and a hole in the bud next to it. I don't know what it is but maybe you should remove and destroy it, including the damaged bud. It looks like something burrowed in with plans to replicate itself.

Do you know the name of your lily? Usually the fur occurs right where the leaves meet the stem and then on the buds, sometimes stretching across the buds like on those hairy sempervivums (arachnoids).

Stilldew was asking how my daylilies were doing since we live only a couple miles apart, and we were in a severe drought last year.

While the above lily may not show the most obvious signs of virus, look at the mottled color on the far-right petals. As it gets worse, the color becomes more broken.


I have lilies with fuzz too.

I have a folder on my computer that is dedicated to photos of diseased lilies in my garden. They all get a quick boot.

I recall buying a batch of thirty lilies to pot and sell and they all opened with virus symptoms .

Any more purple leaves this year? I've started a new thread The thread "Purple Leafed Lilies" in Lilies forum

I didn't notice that one bud with the hole.
I will pick it off and trash it.

My lily in question is a handoff from another gardener who did not know its name.
All I know is that it's red.