Do you believe that half of the year is gone - in a blink - an Augenblick. Here are the last of the oriental lilies (Lilium). You may remember that in distinction to asiatic lilies, the orientals bloom later on tall sturdy stems featuring massive, heavily scented downward facing flowers. They are a feast for the eyes. These lilies survived the Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) because of their geographic placement in the center of areas with multiple flowers surrounding it.      And here is tiger lily which is distinct from its day lily namesake (also known as a ditch lily). Jan started this process in the 1970’s and we have multiple stands of both.  The Tiger-Lily ….. O thou wast from life’s weltering ore Breathed by enchanting mind before Man was in his own shape. Far, far Thou seemest as the evening star! Yet movest me like that lone light Fetched through the ages of the night Into this breathing garden--close; Or like the things that no man knows In a child's eyes; or like, for one Watching a seaward--sinking sun, Beyond cold wastes of water pale The dim communion of a sail. Ah! though I know not what thou art, Yet in the fastness of my heart How shall I tell what lies unwrought Into the figured films of thought, Uncoloured yet by sharp or sweet, Or what forge of transforming heat Threatens this world of use and fact Wherewith the busy brain is packed? Thou art of me, O Flower of Flame, What is not uttered, has no name, The springing of a want unmated, A joy no fallen hour has dated. Some of my mystery thou holdest, Secretly, splendidly unfoldest. Robert Lawrence Binyon
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