[Homestead] Ditch Lillies

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Apr 27 22:41:02 EDT 2008


On Apr 27, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Robert Walton wrote:

>>
>> Awright, Rob, please to enlighten we ditch lily ignoramuses. What the
>> heck is a ditch lily?
>
> Ditch lillies are lillies that grow in the ditch, Gene :>) Consider
> yourself enlightened! I think that the orange ones are sold in the
> catalogues as Tiger Lillies, but ditch lillies covers all colors,
> shapes and sizes.

Ahah. So, then, is a ditch lilly simply a lily of any flavor that  
happens to grow in ditches?

Perhaps it is ditches of which I am ignorant. Now, I believe I know  
the dictionary and popular meaning of ditch. Do you feel that ditches  
in your part of the world are in any way unique from ditches in other  
parts of the world?




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