Season's Greetings 2024

[ashley]

[Maggi Young]

Dear Forumists, Ian and Maggi Young have sent you a Jacquie Lawson ecard.

You can view your card here.
 Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to all!

[ian mcdonald]

Best wishes to all for the coming season and good gardening.

[Rick R.]

[Robert]

Hi Rick,

Nice Lily! Does it have a name? or any other interesting information regarding this lily?

Yes, indeed season's greetings. 

[fermi de Sousa]

Best wishes, Everyone!
Here's hoping for a wonderful 2025,
cheers
fermi

[Rick R.]

Hi Robert,
About my lily, thank you, and that is the million dollar question: what is that lily?

With certainty, I can only tell you that it is my own creation, hybridized about ten years ago.  It's an aurelian of some type, and even that is shrouded in mystery, as its parentage has been lost.  That was very early in my hybridizing ventures when I didn't know that much.  Funny, even back then I tried to be so careful with my records, and it had to be this one that I goofed up on! 

Anyway, while the flowers are exquisite, the inflorescence structure has a bit of wonkiness to it.  Seems to be settling down with age now, showing more constancy in its growth pattern. 

This is one time that I can say the photo does do it justice.  I'm getting better at photography; this was taken at dusk.

[Véronique Macrelle]

best wishes for 2025 to everyone...
just a photo of a calm, sunny garden to help us through these winter months, which we've never had so grey!

[Anders]

Visitors in the garden today. Merry Christmas to all, and thanks for the many interesting posts in 2024.

Anders

[Robert]

Hi Rick,

I have been a devoted record/note keeper for decades. Some of my records have been lost or were of poor quality. In the end everything seems to work out well. Your exquisite lily is a good example of things working out well. Thank you for sharing. Good eye! The lily is definitely a keeper.

Season’s Greetings from California

Calochortus venustus at 4,102 feet elevation on ridge above the North Fork of the Mokelumne River, Amador County California.


Calochortus venustus at ~ 2,000 feet elevation in the canyon of the South Fork of the Stanisaus River, Tuolumne County, California.