"madgardener" expounded:

I read a disturbing article yesterday in the newly arrived Horticulture
Magazine and it gave me the shudders. There is a lily beetle that has been
here for just past a decade that came over on imported lilies from Europe
that was established in Cambridge, Mass first and is now in surrounding
states.

Marilyn, I've been posting about those damned beetles now for three
years! They are horrible, they've destroyed my lily collection, they
eat frittilarias and solomon seals, too. They are working on a
biological control, hopefully soon! I was out in the western part of
the state at a woman's garden and she had wonderful lilies still but a
friend three miles away had the dreaded beetles. Nasty!
--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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