Della, thanks for the welcome to the forum. It's a pleasure to be able to interact with fellow lily enthusiasts. Lorn and Rick, I truly appreciate your thoughtful replies to my inquiry. I've now become a fanatic about sterilizing all my tools between pruning or transplanting. Hopefully this will help stem any virus transmission in my collection. I decided to wait till next Spring to verify if the color breaking on Anastasia is related to a virus as I already removes all the related plant material. I may be taking a risk but I was told that I can test early in the Spring through the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Lorn, I have been slowly adding to my lily collection over the past 3 years with mostly OTs but a smattering of others. My pride and joy is a stand of Lilium philadelphicum that appeared in my lily bed as a natural gift and clear beacon that I should proceed with my collection. It's the very first lily to bloom in my yard and a welcome sign of the blooms to come. Here a closeup. I hope I identified it correctly. I had nothing to do with it's appearance. I know I will welcome other's opinions. All the best.
