I have been gone again. I cannot bend to pull weeds, so they are large and numerous.
I almost missed a new lily blooming. This is its first appearance.
It is a Surprise Lily, Lycoris squamigera.
Glad it is tall enough to be spotted over the weeds!
FLOW is home.
floweralley 
Weeds like dust bunnies can wait. The lily has a very pretty color.
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It is unusually tall.
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Welcome back, unfortunately the weeds still keep growing while we’re away..
Beautiful Lily xx
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I wish you were close so I could give you some, Sue
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Aww thank you, your photos are gifts enough Flo xxx
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Welcome home. I am sorry you are so restricted
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It is hard to see things that need doing and not being able to do them. I will be interviewing some young folks on Monday.
Thanks Knight
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Dead heading is my limit, now. That is why we have Martin
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If you grow lilies, got any tips for dealing with those god-forsaken lily beetles?
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I do not have those…yet.
My go to for all bugs is Dawn soap water or Neem oil.
Keep me updated.
Always keep beds clean..
Pull dead flower stems.
Cut dying leaves into a fan and haul them away.
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I used to use the neem oil to no avail. I’m a naughty girl and went nuclear on them with Seven. But they’ve evolved now to where that doesn’t even bother them anymore. I see I do all the “don’ts”: I don’t keep the beds clean (I throw everything I find in there, leaves, grass clippings, twigs etc) and I leave the dead flowers and plants. But it all used to work excellently for me. I planted some of these lilies twenty years ago and they only grew and grew. Some of them had over a dozen flowers on one plant. It was about five years ago that these vile creatures appeared, and I’m sick of battling them. These are Asiatics btw if it makes a difference (which it probably does).
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I researched a bit. Some say spray with steeped garlic water another said sunflower oil. I have never done either of these.
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