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Talkback: Dealing with lily beetle

for it to squeak I grow my lilies in pots, and submerge the pots weekly in a rain barrel for 30 mins, and scoop off the beetles with a jar. I leave the lidded jar in the sun till they die. This is an easy method and I have very few catches since ai have been doing by Tim Burr

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24/07/2012 14:42:05

by jenny wren

Jewell garden - suggestions

Pick your collective garden brains here. I have a jewell border, based loosely on one that was at Chelsea a few years ago. Through my Carex bronzita jewell coloured plants grow up. I have peone 'Buckeye bell'. Salvia nemerosa carradonna, Rose by Matty2

27/04/2013 20:46:11

by Matty2

frosted lilies

Back in March, when we had a few nice days, quite a few of my potted lilies decided to grow. They got to between 4 - 7 inches in height, nice bushy leaves on top. Then came the snow and very, very hard frosts with wind chill. Most of the tops by Bookertoo

07/04/2013 17:13:08

by Bookertoo

overwintering

is growing well. Should I have treated it as my Canna Lily and kept it in slightly damp soil in a frost free place over winter? The Canna Lily is now growing strongly. I was under the same impression and on inspecting mine today found it had rotted away by willowplanter

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03/03/2012 16:01:43

by carolgratton

Lilly Beatle

get these on my Lilies and I find the only thing is to pick them off and discard them as you see fit, a bit labour intensive. I never use any insecticide as I also grow a lot of veg in my garden and do not want any run off etc etc... Yes but I agree by asbestosbike

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01/04/2012 19:59:49

by asbestosbike

Crown Imperial

My big orang lily has flowered and is drooping and dieing back now. I think it is Crown Imperial (Fritillaria Imperialis) as it has very long stems and the flower hangs upside down. Question is, what to do now? Cut the stems and let other plants get by Nick Adcock

18/05/2013 18:57:51

by Mr McGregor

Talkback: Calla lily

. I have a very deep pink calla lily an as of yet i have had no trouble at all with it. I grow is in my garden in a very sunny patch, which it seems to love. It is a swartzcoff variety and i purchased it in wilkinsons shop in Runcorn.........i'm hoping by rurfarratense

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28/11/2011 18:37:10

by Em,

Would anyone know what plant this is?

Hi everyone. I have a flower thats growing in the back of my garden that is a total mystery to me. I did not plant it and cannot find a picture or name of it on the web. Does anyone know what this is called? Thank you in advance for any help by Glideknight

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15/05/2012 01:04:49

by Glideknight

Planting Oriental and Regale lilies

I bought a dozen lily bulbs at the flower show 5 days ago, and i know I have to plant them asap, but with my planting plan still evolving, I'm not sure where to place them. Could I plant them in plastic pots this year, and then, when they are about by happycottontail

03/05/2013 11:15:48

by Mummy Muddy Paws

Talkback: What's nibbling my Lilies?

in the Guildford area of Surrey. It then started to spread until it is now one of the most widely cursed garden pests.We've been lucky this year and I have not seen a single beetle in the garden, but then we are growing far fewer lilies than a couple of years ago by Sara Miller

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28/11/2011 18:28:54

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