Pacific Northwest Gardening: Okay...I'm a lily dummy, 0 by

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Everyone's lilies look so happy and healthy! Yes, I think those are bulblets, actually called 'bulbils', sheri. Shows you have a true tiger lily. It's one way the lily reproduces. The bulbils will mature and fall off, thus planting themselves. And the white fuzzy stuff if normal on some lilies, too. Some of mine have that.

Did B and D warn you about lily virus? If not, they should have. Tiger lilies carry lily virus and most of the stock sold in the U.S. has it. It's no problem if you keep the tiger lilies planted away from your other lilies and make sure you if you use your gardening tools to cut flowers from them you dip the tools in bleach solution or alcohol. Tiger lilies are so beautiful they are completely worth growing, virus or not. They generally do not show symptoms so you won't know if the ones you have are 'carriers' or not. It's the hybrids that will succumb to lily virus. I think B and D has something about it on their website.

Here's a lily that opened today. It's supposed to be 'Corrida', but I thought that one had a little pink in it.