Lilium regale 'Album'

#wildlifewednesday #hoverfly on newly opened and superbly fragranced lily.

#flagrant

@emch or perhaps #fragrant ?

Oh, rats! lol

It’s great to see and smell the lilies as they return

Just coming into bloom!

And the flowers just keep coming! #perfume #scent

Beautiful

Mmmmm, #fragrant

There was just one flower opening on Tuesday, now there are three with many more to come! #lilylove

And so the anticipation was rewarded as the day progressed!

#fragrant

Great series of photos

Anticipation! It’s opening as the day goes on!

Yesterday’s promise kept!

Lovely

Promise of things to come! #bud

Healthy new potted lilies from Sarah Raven have unwelcome visitors. The lily beetles I found are now ex-beetles... but are there more? Haven't seen them in the garden for more than a decade.

😈😈😈

😱😨😰

Oh no lillie beetle 👿👹

Quite hard to destroy too!

@oldgreyheron you need to check regularly as they are prolific breeders!

Loads of those little devils up here 😠

I'm checking mine daily clear so far probably shouldn't have said that

They seem to be really bad this year, eaten a whole pot of my lillies this year 😕

@hayleyaj @kathy Found two more of the beasts this morning. They really dislike being knocked off the leaves - can't bring myself to squish them with gloved fingers though! ☹️

@oldgreyheron l was like that at first but they show no mercy, so now I pick them off and stand on them but hate doing it 😯

@oldgreyheron be ruthless! 😈