Hi! I'd love some crinums -- I can offer bearded irises: historic iris Frank Adams (gold on top, maroon below), War Chief (dark maroon-purple with gold markings), and rebloomer Tennison Ridge (plum and white). Interested? LynnT

That looks like the old "Hyperion" which was introduced back in the mid 1920's. Profuse bloomer; long stalks give the appearance of shooting stars when against a green background. The gardens on my property have had "Hyperion" since the 1930's and they never fail.

Konrad Your Tiger lilies are beautiful. We have the lily beetles around, if you don't watch they will decimate the leaves. Looks awful. If you spot any beetles, even one, just squash it (yuck!) or drop into jar with some water in it. Anytime there is a black gunk on the underside of the leaves (that is actually excrement with larvae in it-yuck again!), knock it off with a spray from hose. Larvae will die if not on the leaves-no food. That's best way to control them. (See photo what happens if you leave them on...) Most important is to get rid of adults so they don't breed. Hope you never see them...Rina

restrain the dogs to a specific enclosed area? like a kennel or run. OR put up fencing around your beds OR remove the dogs from the area. OR put the dogs on anchored leads in the yard out of reach from the beds. OR get some device for training them and sit out there waiting for them to dig and then deploy the training device (loud noise, loud verbal commands, water blasts, shock collars). Dogs can be trained not to do this type of behavior but it takes time and real effort on all parties parts. I recently saw an episode on "it's me or the dog" on animal plantet where the lady trained dogs not to eat their own and the other family dog members pooh. She reinforced them with treats when they obeyed a command to "leave it" which was by using little flags in the yard. She'd place the flags at the pooh site and then command "leave it" when they left it alone, they got a treat. She started out just using the flags other places with the dogs, so that they would understand what they were being trained to "leave" which was the flag association. then it became related to the pooh as well.