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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> Tiger Lillies host (asymptomatically) a lot of lilly viruses so fancy bulb 
> places don't tend to sell them.  They are really more of a pass along plant.  
> Try garage sales and the sort of local garden club plant sale where people 
> divide their own plants and pot up the extras.
>   


I don't know about diseases, but I could have given away bushels of them 
a couple of years ago, when I finally dug them out of my back yard. This 
is an old house, with old-fashioned kinds of plants, and the tiger 
lilies had just about taken over. They're pretty, and care-free, but man 
do they spread!

Then again, if you can mow all around the patch, that would probably 
keep them contained, I suppose (not necessarily killing the plants that 
invade the grass, but keeping them small).

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)