Daily Botanical: Day Lilies in Cuba
I took a much nicer photo of this day lily but felt it more apt to post this lesser image because it shows context. Finding day lilies blooming in a botanical garden in Cuba just seemed weird and wrong. I like them well enough and have a large patch growing in my street garden to boot, but we call them “ditch lilies” around these parts, which says a lot about both how common and valued they are. Those are palm trees behind the flower. There was an orange tree outside of the frame to the right. Crazy stuff, I tell you what. And a good example of the grass being greener…
January 16th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
The flowers are edible too, a bit like very sweet, crisp iceberg lettuce.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Yes I like the buds particularly. You just have to be careful not to eat too many as they are “cathartic.”