I wouldn't throw in the towel on old 'Henry's Surprise' just yet wickerparker....it's too great of a lily to give up on. Could you move it maybe? Maybe it just isn't getting something it needs in that spot. You are so close to me in your location and it is so reliable here. I think too, if you have gotten all the rain we have, it can have very negative effects on things. Lilies would much rather live on the dry side.
Rick, the wetness around here the last couple of seasons has been a challenge. I think in the least that that is why I had such problems with seed pods last year. It felt like they never really dried out and when they did, they almost looked moldy, so much of it I just scrapped. Hopeful for better luck this year. I had one of my 'Robert Griesbach' lilies bend in half after the last rain. It wasn't too windy, compared to other storms, so I think the stems must be waterlogged.
I have been using Neem Oil every 5 days or so this entire growing season on everything. It will be telling to see what effect it has on botrytis. With all of this wetness, it will settle in, it always does, late August or so, on years that are saturated with water. It would be great to have something to spray that works on these aphids and botrytis that didn't give me the environmental guilt that some of the other options do. And honestly, so far with the aphids, I am having just as good if not better results.
The L. henryi and 'Black Beauty' lilies are a couple of the most rock solid, reliable lilies that there are. They look beautiful in all of your yards. L. pard is stunning in your stand jmorth. What a great clump shot.
