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 | | Blue-green mold on stored lily bulbs - Should I be concerned?
This is simply a Penicillin mold, which does not harm lily bulbs. Lilies are very high in sugar content (their stored food for the next season's growth) and during storage penicillin growth often appears where there might have been a small harvesting bruise...(more)
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 | | Controlling Mice, Moles & Voles - Naturally
Contrary to popular belief, moles do not eat lily bulbs, but if the underground bulb is "in their way", they will tunnel around or even through it, giving miceand voles easy eating. Natural controls include physical barriers and predators.
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 | | Deer, Rabbits & other Varmints
Deer are like our pygmy goatsk, they are generally browsers, taking a nip here and there as they graze. When a particularly tasty leaf, bud or flower is found, all the buds on a single plant may be consumed, but the stem right next to it could remain complete and whole. Click on photo to learn more...
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 | | Easy Weed-free Gardening
There is no such thing outside of hydroponics; getting rid of perennial weeds and vines takes some time but it is achievable.
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 | | Family Pets in the Garden
We have always enjoyed the comfort of our animals while we garden, but yes, sometimes they can get into trouble.
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 | | Fungus: Botrytis Blight (Brown leaves)
A weather-related difficulty, not permanent, but will disfigure the plants in the current growing season. Sometimes flowers will not open properly, with one or more "missing" petals, smaller than normal petals or odd shapes to the flowers.
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 | | Fungus: Stump Rot (Phytophthora)
Odd and sudden rotting of the crown is usually caused by a group of water mold fungi and can happen during wet and cold springs.
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 | | Pest: Red Lily Beetle
Although B&D Lilies is in the rainy Northwest and there are no Red Lily Beetles in our region or throughout most of the USA, we have been asking our customers in the New England States (where the beetle is found) about their favorite methods of dealing with this relatively new pest. They share that control of the beetle is not expensive, nor requires massive amounts of pesticides or even an overhaul of the garden, but rather common sense, diligence and a little hands and knees work.
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 | | Virus - Tulip Color Breaking
Regularly inspect your garden throughout the growing season, bearing in mind that some cultivars may have suspicious-looking foliage early in the season, but look great later. This is due to environmental issues, not virus. If in a group of recently planted lilies all look great except one, keep an eye on the one which looks unhealthy, but check for outside factors also...
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 | | Weed - Rorippa sylvestris - Noxious, imported & persistent
Creeping fieldcress - Are you getting more than you expected? Noxious weed, introduced to USA in roots of imported plants. Check your garden now, this plant is next to impossible to eradicate, don't let it go to seed!
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