Cheers, Della and Rick. I appreciate your thoughts and insights very much
What puzzles me is that it's two years in a row for these damages to occur.
That of course doesn't necessarily mean that the source was the same.
As for frost, I don't know how sensitive 'Eurydice' is. I'm pretty sure we haven't had any frost here for over a month and it did emerge later than most, but I'm unsure of the exact date. Perhaps it could have been exposed, it's not out of the question. I haven't noticed similar damage on other lilies, but that says very little as I don't grow more frost sensitive ones like trumpets. However last year it was absolutely never exposed to frost in the garden as it wasn't planted until the very end of April. This doesn't rule out some kind of cold storage damage, or perhaps excessive heat during transport? I should mention that these bulbs didn't bloom last year (but the other 9 varieties I bought at the same time did). So in all likelihood they were a bit stressed.
I haven't sprayed these lilies with anything. I applied a light application of 12-5-14 fertilizer, but nothing else. I did however do so quite early before emergence as I was feeding the spring bulbs in that bed at the same time. Perhaps not out of the question that this could have caused some damage?
As for weather I can't recall ever having a spring with more even weather(with the exception of the hail storm) as it has been a bit unusual cold, but still rather mild night temperatures and no hot days whatsoever. Very even soil moisture as well.
I guess it will be interesting to follow the progress in growth here, with hopefully some blooms eventually and to see if these are looking normal.
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