While I wouldn't exactly LOVE the thought of deer or rabbits eating my
lilies, I live in a densely populated part of my city, and the deer don't
come in this far (they are very much in evidence on the outskirts of town
however). No, the plants were cut on the diagonal with a pruner, so I 'm
99% sure that a human being was responsible.....
but I'm grateful for the laughs and the suggestions in this
thread........they did leave me with one gorgeous stalk of Casablanca
lilies, so I'm not totally bereft. Having said that, I'll probably wake up
tomorrow to find it gone. Incidentally, on one of the plants, they also took
off with the twine.....LOL

"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"presley" wrote in message
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As my oriental lilies went into full bloom this week, I tied them up to
the
stakes next to them to hold the heads up, which were starting to bend
under
the weight of the blossoms. The very next day, when I went outside to
admire
them, I saw that someone had come and clipped every stem off - not broken
off, like a child would do, but with a pruner, so it was clearly
premeditated - probably as they watched me tie the plants up. I was
furious,
which I think all the gardeners reading this can understand very well. So
I'm opening up this thread to get suggestions for revenge.....or at least
to
allow others to vent if they have had similar experiences.


It could have been rabbits. They LOVE my lilies, passing up all else to
eat
them.