Lillies and fuchsias?

[Eurosceptic]

Hi

First image is fuchsia bush in front garden. I’d it normal to see dead and developed (somewhat?) flowers on the same branches?

Second image is lilies in back garden border. They only flowered for a few weeks, so guess they must have been Asiatic variety? (Can’t recall what we bought) I haven’t pruned but looks like they’ve been decapitated? Should I cut the dying stems now? Where should I cut etc?

Thanks

 

[Eurosceptic]

One l in lilies

 

[yorksbuilder]

First image is fuchsia bush in front garden. I’d it normal to see dead and developed (somewhat?) flowers on the same branches?

Have you been overwatering them? They dont like it and have issues like this along with yellow leaves if their roots are too wet

 

[JohnD]

Hi

First image is fuchsia bush in front garden. I’d it normal to see dead and developed (somewhat?) flowers on the same branches?

Second image is lilies in back garden border. They only flowered for a few weeks, so guess they must have been Asiatic variety? (Can’t recall what we bought) I haven’t pruned but looks like they’ve been decapitated? Should I cut the dying stems now? Where should I cut etc?

Thanks

You may have Fuschia mite, it is not a native pest but now widespread in Southern England, arrived maybe ten years ago.

Some people say it was brought in by an illegal import from South America by a noted Fuschia enthusiast on the Isle of Wight, but he denied it.

It is said that there is no amateur control for it, but I have tried various sprays and have a survivor. All the other local fuschias were wiped out.

Apparently a mite is not an insect.

 

[JohnD]

Fuchsia Gall Mite: Symptoms and Solutions | RHS Advice

Learn how to identify and manage fuchsia gall mite infestations for healthier plants.

www.rhs.org.uk

 

[Eurosceptic]

Thanks for the helpful responses. Any idea on the lily situation and where/when to prune?

 

[JohnD]

 

[JohnD]

Thanks for the helpful responses. Any idea on the lily situation and where/when to prune?

Nope.

 

[jj4091]

Hi


Second image is lilies in back garden border. They only flowered for a few weeks, so guess they must have been Asiatic variety? (Can’t recall what we bought) I haven’t pruned but looks like they’ve been decapitated? Should I cut the dying stems now? Where should I cut etc?

Thanks

You just need to remove the flower head stalks and leave to allow the bulb to build up for next year. By late Autumn it will have shed it's leaves and juse leave the main stalk. Once that has gone dry and brittle, either late winter or early spring just wiggle the stem until it easily comes away from the bulb in your hand. If you need to apply any force you will damage the buld.

 

[Eurosceptic]

You just need to remove the flower head stalks and leave to allow the bulb to build up for next year. By late Autumn it will have shed it's leaves and juse leave the main stalk. Once that has gone dry and brittle, either late winter or early spring just wiggle the stem until it easily comes away from the bulb in your hand. If you need to apply any force you will damage the buld.

Thanks. Re “flower head stalks”. Can you help me identify these in the more detailed image, If you look at the marked circle, it’s like there’s an outer stem, inner stem and then a thin section protruding from the inner stem. Is that what you’re referring to?

Probably have to come back to you again re main stalk, wiggling stem and bulb.

Regards

 

[jj4091]

Thin bit is one of the old flower stamen, it's the part of the flower that had the pollen and sometines seeds are formed. What you call the the inner stem is where the petals of the flower were attached. The outer stem is where the flower bud would have begun it's life and developed into a flower.

 

[Eurosceptic]

Thin bit is one of the old flower stamen, it's the part of the flower that had the pollen and sometines seeds are formed. What you call the the inner stem is where the petals of the flower were attached. The outer stem is where the flower bud would have begun it's life and developed into a flower.

Thanks. Can you point out the “flower head stalks” as per your earlier advice?

 

[jj4091]

All of it back to the leaves.

 

[Gonsa]

Hi! Yes сause seeing spent/dead flowers alongside new buds on the same fuchsia is completely normal. Fuchsias can flower over a fairly long period, so you’ll often have buds, open flowers and spent flowers/berries all at once.
One thing I would mention from the photo, though: quite a lot of the new growth and flowers look unusually distorted and fuzzy. That can be a sign of fuchsia gall mite, rather than simply spent flowers. If that’s what’s happening, it’s worth removing the affected tips and disposing of them rather than composting them.
For the second plant, I’m not sure it’s actually an Asiatic lily. From the photo it looks much more like a daylily (Hemerocallis) - the leaves form a clump at the base, whereas true lilies have leaves all along their flowering stems. Daylilies can flower for several weeks, so that would fit too.
If the flowering stems have finished and are now dying back, you can cut those flower stems right down to the base. Don’t cut the green leaves yet - they’re still feeding the plant and helping it build up energy for next year. Wait until the foliage itself turns yellow/brown and dies back naturally, then remove it.
So, in short -fuchsia spent flowers are normal, but the distorted growth is worth investigating; daylily - remove the dead flower stems, but leave the green foliage.
If you’d like to double-check the identification or the issue with the fuchsia, lens.google may be useful for identifying plants from photos and botanapp.com can be also useful for spotting possible plants problems from photos.

 

[Longshanks]

Hi! Yes сause seeing spent/dead flowers alongside new buds on the same fuchsia is completely normal. Fuchsias can flower over a fairly long period, so you’ll often have buds, open flowers and spent flowers/berries all at once.
One thing I would mention from the photo, though: quite a lot of the new growth and flowers look unusually distorted and fuzzy. That can be a sign of fuchsia gall mite, rather than simply spent flowers. If that’s what’s happening, it’s worth removing the affected tips and disposing of them rather than composting them.
For the second plant, I’m not sure it’s actually an Asiatic lily. From the photo it looks much more like a daylily (Hemerocallis) - the leaves form a clump at the base, whereas true lilies have leaves all along their flowering stems. Daylilies can flower for several weeks, so that would fit too.
If the flowering stems have finished and are now dying back, you can cut those flower stems right down to the base. Don’t cut the green leaves yet - they’re still feeding the plant and helping it build up energy for next year. Wait until the foliage itself turns yellow/brown and dies back naturally, then remove it.
So, in short -fuchsia spent flowers are normal, but the distorted growth is worth investigating; daylily - remove the dead flower stems, but leave the green foliage.
If you’d like to double-check the identification or the issue with the fuchsia, lens.google may be useful for identifying plants from photos and botanapp.com can be also useful for spotting possible plants problems from photos.

Many thanks for the detailed response.