Fritillaria imperialis

aah now i know what they look like

quite odd looking really

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It should have orange flowers but I'm pretty sure this plant is blind.

I have tried several times to grow these and it never happens.. they start off ok then the leaves turn yellow ......dont know why...

In mine I found some red insect looking a bit like ladybirds but without the spots on them and the bodies were more oval the round, I don't know what were they but I supposed they were eating my fritillaria so I killed them.

I feed them with comfrey liquid to to help them to grow stronger.

that sounds like the lily beetle, best thing for them is exactly what you did squish em

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Make sure you get their poo-covered larvae too! They do the most damage.

Thanx Moonkins, I googled for lily beetles and I recognised them from the pix.