The plant Philanthropist

A year later we moved into our new ranch-style house, the lawn Merion Bluegrass was growing well and the beds of the base were drawn. A new house needs repairs, but a myriad of needs required to jump out to enjoy the money available. A trip to the local nursery has put us in a state of shock when we added the cost of perennials, mulch and bricks suitable for borders. Let me try the lack of ads for a bargain lot of building materials, garden tools, lawn mowers and fertilizers with great success. When people move, they do not want to overload the truck moves with old tools and bags of fertilizer. Practically giving them away.

The only thing people would never part with their perennials. The plants and trees are visible to the new owners expect and usually go with the house. My whole winter was spent visiting the catalogs for hosta, iris, roses and lilies in a particular day. Available in shades mouth watering, these new hybrid day lilies are available in different heights and habits of plants. Some are good for along a fence, other make good border plants, each doubling in size every year forelock. Unlike the side road to the day lilies that grow to four meters high, bloom only briefly, and send runners to take root for the rest of the garden hybrids are cozy garden. Unfortunately, a grouping of three roots cost about eight dollars, sending the cost of necessary facilities to hundreds of dollars.

One day, in a conversation with a local nursery owner, has revealed the source of some of his day lilies. The farmer lived in a nearby town and has grown day lilies for a living. Some intensive searches turned up his address and I visited him. Presented with rows and rows of day lilies planted in every conceivable shape and color, I have drooled over some of them for our garden. I parted with all the money I had, fifteen dollars, and went home with three tufts of goodwill. Before leaving, I took some photos of his fields and some individual flowers which had self-propagating. Then I did a set for him to keep. One nice thing about low growth showcased forty flowers on each stem opening (one per day) in shades of ruby ​​red. Another met the dawn diamond dusting of five-inch-wide flowers in ivory and pink shell, showing a green apple in the center. A third boasted four-inch flowers in a real lemon.

The following summer, I received a call from the farmer. He informed me that he sold his farm land to a developer and had already bought ten acres twenty miles further west. He removed all he needed to initialize the new day lily farm, but was forced to leave hundreds of mature plants. The bulldozers were scheduled to begin preparing the ground for the new development next week and if I wish, I could contribute to any number of plants for my garden. I almost dropped the phone in excitement. Here was presented to me the most desirable flowering perennials could dream of for our garden! Free! I thanked him and spent the next three days of excavation, boxing, and transport of day lilies. The fourth month of July we had a barbecue in the courtyard. Ringing the gentle curves of brick borders flourished forty varieties of hybrid lilies day, glorifying our new garden and warming our hearts....