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Wordless Wednesday: Unsullied
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Wow, it is beautiful! 😃 Have you grown these before?
I can’t even remember planting this one here in the woodland edge border – the only ones I did buy were years ago and they were in the blue & white border but never flowered although did sometimes produce leaves. Perhaps I moved them, but if I did it wasn’t recently! This one appeared last year, but was pretty much shredded, which is is why I am thrilled the flower are unsullied (the leaves are not quite as pristine though!) 😊
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What a beauty. My Martagon lilies aren’t doing so well this year and I even found two lily beetles on one – never seen any of them here before. I hope they don’t make a habit of visiting!
This is a real first for me, Jude, although I don’t remember planting this here, so it certainly wasn’t recent! The lily beetle population here started with a single one (which I picked off and put in the green bin with a lily leaf – but soon ceased to be as forgiving!!) but if you are vigilant you can keep them under control. I usually check my lilies twice a day – if they had any sense they would have been a less obvious colour!! I usually pick off 3 or 4 a day perhaps, as they often come in pairs
So beautiful and graceful–the perfect subject for a Wordless Wednesday post. 🙂
Thanks Beth – I was thrilled with how perfect it was!
Wel done. Martagons are the very favourite food of our litle friends in red.
The first lily beetle this year was certainly on this lily, Chloris – and it’s one I don’t remember planting, so I have had no part in its success (other than picking off the devious little red things!)