In fall '08 I planted three Tiger Lily (tigrin splendens) bulbs which came up nice last year but were eaten by voles in the fall. This year I was suprised to see a Lily come up in the spot where they were and when it bloomed last week it seems my orange tiger changed into a pink oriental which so far "Famosa" seems to be the closest match. Is it common for voles to plant new bulbs after eating something :-)
Looked like this last year...
Another trick they pulled was eating some of my Lolipop lilies and in their place this year a pure white trumpet lily poped up which would make more sense if it is one of the parents of Lolipop.
Such inventive and helpful voles!
While I've had lilies go through drastic changes in appearance, I haven't had your experiences but someone else will come along and may end the confusion.
Gee, I wish they had done that for me!
They have really good taste, by the way. I love their choices LOL!
I had the problem with Nutria, they got after the Asiatics one winter and spread bulblets all over. They are messy eaters and tend to just eat a part of EVERYTHING. Those of you with real winters are fortunate to not have to experience Nutria, they are imported tropical water rats best known for breaching ponds, ditches and dikes, they breed like aphids too!
Big rats! I'll never forget the story my ex brought home from work one day when a bunch of the guys were hazing a new worker. The guys got this dead nutria and sat it up in the seat of a forklift and put a hard hat on it. Then they called the new guy out to do a little forklift job. Need I say more?
I googled the image and cringed. I will never complain about voles and rabbits again. I'll never curse our cold winters either. I'm finding that the cold that we get, which can be -20, without the wind chill, means that we don't have some of these kinds of problems. Japanese beetles are nothing compared to that.
Donna
I'm with you, Donna ~ no ROUS's for me!
At least the Nutria are big enough to gun down :-) I've never even seen the voles. I've been spraying castor oil all over but they don't seem to care a whole lot.
I'm starting to think that the Pink lily might have been a stray bulb hanging out with the Daffodils I planted. that's about the only other thing I can think of that I might have put in that spot.
