Since it is almost Easter and since lilies always remind me of Easter and my mother, this post is for her.  Both my mom and dad loved flowers and trees and every house in the somewhat arid little town where I grew up always sported trees, petunias, pansies, trumpet vines, tulips, peonies, sweetpeas and roses––but never lilies.  They were for Easter, as a potted plant to be thrown away after the blooms faded.  I don’t think it ever occurred to us that they could be planted.

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