Formosa Lily- Elegant but Evil

The Formosa (Taiwan) Lily is again raising its beautiful but wicked head along Coal Point and in many gardens and backyards. 

This white weed is choking out native vegetation in many bushland areas around Lake Macquarie and spreads at an amazing rate. 

Hand weeding is the best option for home gardeners. Remove the bulb, taking care not to leave any bulb scales in ground. You may have to remove some of the surrounding soil to catch small bulb-lets that break away from the parent plant. At the very least, cut down the flowering stem before the plant sets seed, as the hundreds of papery seeds in each flower can travel quite a distance. 

A big bunch of Formosa flowers makes a very attractive floral arrangement and prevents the seed set.

Locals Lois Simpson and John Sharples have compiled a handy picture guide to removal which can also be viewed below. 
There is a Grow Me Instead guide which offers up some non invasive alternatives. 
Burkes Backyard did an exposé on the weed as well.

The 'movie' above has a new slide every 10 seconds...lots of time to contemplate the issue