HEIRLOOM PLANT  OUR HEIRLOOM PLANTS ARE IN DANGER.  WE COLLECT ANTIQUES,  BUT DO NOT REALISE THAT THESE PLANTS ARE OUR ANTIQUE FLOWERS.  MOST , LIKE ANTIQUES ARE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES OR ARE CALLED WILD FLOWERS.  WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THESE FLOWERS ARE GONE THERE WILL BE NO MORE.  NO MORE  1st  OR  PURE  DNA.  MOST OR ALLOT OF THESE FLOWERS HAVE BEEN CROSSED UP AND DOWN.  WE DO HAVE MORE AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS,  BUT LET'S DON'T FORGET WHERE THEY STARTED. OUR HEIRLOOM FLOWERS ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.  MOST PEOPLE COLLECT,  WELL,  I COLLECT HEIRLOOMS.  MY GRANNY STARTED ME COLLECTING THEM.  HER YARD WAS A GOLD MINE OF HEIRLOOM FLOWERS WHICH SHE HAD COLLECTED THROUGH THE YEARS. SHE KNEW WHERE EACH ONE HAD COME FROM, NEVER BOUGHT, BUT FROM FRIENDS OR OLD HOME PLACES.

     THESE ARE SOME OF OUR ENDANGERD FLOWERS.  THE DAYLILY,  IS THE ORANGE DAYLILY OUR FOREFATHERS BROUGHT FROM CHINA.  AS THEY WERE LOOKING TO SETTLE IN THE NEW COUNTRY, THEY BROUGHT WHAT WAS SPECIAL TO THEM IN THIER WAGONS.  THEY PLANTED OR DROPPED THEM ON THE TRAIL.  THIS IS WHERE THE NAME ROAD SIDE LILY,  GOT IT'S NAME.  THESE ROAD SIDE LILIES ARE HARDER TO SEE OR FIND NOW.  WE HAVE NO MORE TRAILS,  BUT NICE NEW HIGHWAYS.

 

LILY OF THE VALLY (CONVALLARIA MAJALIS)

    THIS FLOWER CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO EUROPE.  I AM SURE IT WAS A PRIZE IN ONE OF THE OLD ENGLISH GARDENS OR COTTAGE GARDENS.  WHEN HAVE YOU SEEN ONE.  THE NEXT FLOWER IS AN  ORANGE RIVER LILY  (CRINUM).  IT SMELLS GREAT.  IT HAS 10 - 12 BLOOMS,  THAT COME RIGHT UP FROM THE CENTER.  MAKES A WONDERFUL CUT FLOWER.  THE LARGE PLANTS HAVE HUGE BULBS.

                                 

         ORANGE RIVER LILY                          YELLOW DAYLILY

   THESE TWO LILIES ARE NOT REALLY IN THE SAME FAMILY, BUT ARE BOTH GETTING LOST IN THE HUSSLE OF NEW !

   THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE FLOWERS. LETS REMEMBER HOW MUCH THEY MENT TO OUR FOREFATHERS, AND KEEP A PIECE OF THE PAST ALIVE.

    READER'S DIGEST HAS SEVERL GOOD BOOKS ON THIS SUBJECT.  ONE I LIKE IS GARDENING WITH HEIRLOOM PLANTS.  BY DAVID STUART.

    THANK YOU FOR READING MY THOUGHTS ON OUR OLD FRIENDS.  JUST A THOUGHT FROM A PERSON THAT CARES.

                        GOD BLESS US ALL !

                                       JO