We spray with herbicides to help control weeds outdoors in the beds. We usually start in the spring with a tank mix of Lontrel (R) and Fusilade II (R). We can safely use this to overspray Hemerocallis (daylily) beds with no discernible damage to the daylilies. The mixture suppresses grasses and broadleaf weeds like Canada Thistle and wild mustard. We noted in the spring that Hosta are damaged by Lontrel, as people had warned us. In the future we will try very hard to avoid getting this herbicide spray on the Hosta foliage. Now I observe that some of the Lycoris are showing damage to the scapes which I suspect was caused by directly spraying the above mixture of herbicide onto the foliage of the Lycoris in spring. The damage I'm seeing is twisted scapes and distorted flowers. I will try to get some pictures of the damaged Lycoris and eventually post them in my blog. Has anyone else seen problems with Lontrel on Lycoris? Could something else be causing the damage to the Lycoris? Only a few clumps of Lycoris are showing this damage. Lontrel (R) is made by Dow AgroSciences; see: http://www.dowagro.com/turf/prod/lontrel.htm We still think it is very good stuff! (Always follow label directions.) Jim Shields in mild, pleasant Westfield, Indiana USA ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA