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Monday, January 9, 2012

Flowers of the Lilies

  Filling the room with a light, sweet aroma is easy with this fragrant water lily in bloom. Although this species of water lily is considered non-native where I live (and very invasive-which is a no-no), its delightfully stinky bloom is very similar to Honeysuckle or Night-blooming Jasmine.


One of my very favorite artists is Monet. He loved painting water lilies in full bloom and I love to plant the lilies so that my restoration work looks like a Monet painting. This plant thrives in a deep water zone. It has one main root, or tuber, and can easily be harvested and replanted to create the "Monet look" of Giverny, France. 


Long-stemmed Lily



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