Article: LILIES ARE LOW-PROFILE THIS YEAR.(Stars)(Column)

Byline: CAROL BRADFORD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Dear Carol: I am having problems with my Madonna lilies again this year. Too much rain or disease?

Spring frost killed the batch in the back of the house. The few that will have flowers on them this year have spotted leaves. A couple of the flowers only have two to four flowers on them, and one looks brown.

Because I don't know what I am looking for (if they are diseased), if I dig them up, what should I do.? - M. S., Elbridge.

Dear M.S.: Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum) have tall (4- to 6-foot) stalks of fragrant white flowers in late June. They are prone to many of the same problems that ...

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