Buying a Lily
I had it in my mind that I could buy a lily at Campbell's Pottery Barn, where they have the lily festival. But when I asked, I found that the lilies are not for sale. The sales person told me that if she had a nickle for every time she was asked that question, she'd be rich. I would have given her a nickel, but I'd just taken all my loose change out of my bag!
We decided to stop at the other lily place on our way home and see if they sold lilies. They did. They charged $7.50 for a clump of lilies of any color except white. The white ones are $10, because they don't have very many white ones.
I would have liked to have known the name of the lily I bought but the couple who run this place didn't know any names for them. The man told me that he has 1,200 kinds of lilies now and at one time he had 1,500, and there was no way he could keep them all straight now.
I picked out a deep orange-yellow lily, a nice bright color and Renee dug it up for me. A huge plastic bag that was almost as long as I am tall was provided to put the lily clump in to bring it home. It needed that big bag! I expect to plant the lily this evening when it's a little cooler, though I might persuade myself to wait till the cool of the morning. That might be better yet.
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NJ
at 7/21/2005 5:06:21 AM- It's a big, strong plant. The bag was probably a little longer than was necessary but it was a good idea. It was bigger than we expected it to be.
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It sounds so pretty. Why the huge plastic bag? Was it to accommodate the roots?
I just love getting new plants for outside. Every morning before work I make sure to water all the annuals in clay pots because they get so dry in the blazing sun and I'm afraid I'll lose them.