Sweet story (was Re: Pacific BX 183)
Ellen Hornig (Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:56:27 PDT)

Since Jim Waddick is offering bulbils of the form of L. lancifolium 'Flore
Pleno' that I grow, I jsut have to tell a story about those (hit "delete"
now if you hate sentimental stories). These were not in fact roadside
escapees, as Jim tells it, but from plants growing in a roadside garden in
the little summer colony of Panther Lake, NY, south of the Adirondacks. I
stopped and admired them, and was offered bulbils by the owner (actually, he
offered to dig some, but I assured him that was unnecessary). The story
doesn't end there, though; a couple of years ago I was giving a talk, and
someone came up afterwards to ask whether I still had the lily from Panther
Lake (I no longer sell it, as plenty are available in mainstream commerce).
She said her parents had eloped to Panther Lake, many years ago, and she
wanted that memento. Needless to say, I sent her a boxful.

Ellen

Ellen Hornig
Seneca Hill Perennials
3712 County Route 57
Oswego NY 13126 USA
http://www.senecahillperennials.com/