Your lily has virus. The fact that you say you have aphids clinches it. Early herbicide spraying in spring can also cause this color breaking. If I were you and had your investment in lilies I would get rid of these infected lilies and watch the others real close. So far I have had to pull 2 lilies-- one with the color breaking virus and the other, an oriental, had the leaf streak type of virus. On top of that, lots of damage from botrytis fungus this spring :-(

Oh man. Not what I wanted to hear but what I need to know.

I'll pull them... and it just HAD to be my favorite of the asiatics didn't it!?

It's been a rough spring for my garden. I usually don't have many problems... this year tons of aphids, slugs, leafcutters, PM, and now this. Kind of heartbreaking after doing all that work.

Thanks so much for responding!

Idaho

I feel for you. :-( Really sorry to hear that. Sigh. I am having the same problem with my Lily collection. Have been digging them out every week for over a month now.

Oh I am so sorry to hear that!

I just discovered another infected lily yesterday- an unnamed gorgeous lily that I love.

Last night I had a dream that I went outside and every one of my lillies was gone... hope it was just a bad dream :-(

:-( What a bummer.