However my mind keeps going to spring....Warmer days mowing, and flowers blooming. To console myself I spend the winter months planning for Finch Family Water Garden. Doing inventory, getting orders ready to send, and dreaming of projects to be done in the spring.
This week I placed my Water Lily order. We generally carry 24 hardy varieties of lilies and this coming year will be no different. We will have lilies in Whites, Pinks, Reds, Yellows and Sunset colors including the ever popular changeables which change colors each day starting out yellow and going to reds and oranges.
This year I am very excited that we will be able to carry Perry's Almost Black. It is a hybrid created by Perry Slocum. This lily is considered a small lily, but the flower is astounding. A deep dark red with a center that is truly almost black. I was able to get it several years ago and it flew out the door before it even began blooming, and I didn't get a chance to add one to my own collection.
PERRY'S ALMOST BLACK
In addition to the lilies I also order two varieties of Lotus. The ever popular Mrs. Perry Slocum and First Lady.
Mrs. Perry Slocum was one of the first lotus I ever purchased personally and has graced my pond for years. It is a large plant with leaves the size of dinner plates or bigger. It blooms saucer sized flowers of creamy yellow tipped in pink.
MRS. PERRY SLOCUM
In addition I ordered I ordered First Lady, also a large variety that has lavender pink blooms. While I have never seen this variety in person, the pictures I have seen convinced me it will a spectacular specimin plant for any pond or water feature.
FIRST LADY
It is a hurry up and wait thing, now I am all excited about lilies and lotus, I have placed the order but have to wait until early spring for their arrival.
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