Oh, Jenn! You ain't seen nothin' yet! Just wait till spring comes back to Nebraska. At 02:59 PM 1/23/2004 +0000, Jennifer wrote: >......... >Perhaps this sojourn in Nebraska will make me more fond of yellow, since I >haven't been inundated with Stella d'Oros! >......... The daylily, Hemerocallis 'Stella De Oro' (NOT "Stella d'Oro"!!!), was bred in northern Indiana by an old Polish farmer named Walter Jablonski. Walter probably didn't know Spanish grammar from a hole in the ground, hence the name. Think of it as "Spanish a la Hoosier." Poor Walter never even realized any significant income from STELLA, which was not patented. And it is ubiquitous around here too! Everywhere except Florida, where it does not do as well. It apparently needs some cooling in winter to stay healthy. I understand why landscapers love it, but Geez! I'm sick of seeing that plant everywhere I look! Jim Shields in central Indiana, not far from the birthplace of STELLA DE ORO ************************************************* 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