Day Lily Distilled Photograph by Terry Rowe

Day Lily Distilled

by Terry Rowe

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Title

Day Lily Distilled

Artist

Terry Rowe

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Focusing in on the center of an tiger lily, distills into a linear abstract.

Tiger lily, aka ditch lily, is a very common easily grown flower - the challenge is in seeing this flower in a new light, from a different angle.

About Ditch Lilies aka Tiger Lilies

While they can grow wild as far north as Virginia and Maryland and as far west as Missouri, the plants thrive in the Carolinas and Georgia. Their ability to thrive in the wilting heat and come back year after year made them a rural favorite.

The lilies were easy to cultivate, too. They don't reproduce by seed, but by running roots, or rhizomes, much like bamboo. Over the years, if conditions and soil allow, they just keep chugging along.

"You'll find patches of the plants thriving where homes used to be," Barnes said. "They mark foundations or trails that don't exist anymore."

But how did they end up scattered along Southern highways, in places that never held a house?

"One little piece of that root is enough to start a new plant," Barnes said. "That's great if you like them, but bad if you want to get rid of them."

A common theory is that in the old days, the lilies were often used along roadsides to limit erosion, not as beautification. As dirt roads were scraped, little pieces of the roots were pushed along and began new colonies.
In time, highways were paved, and the waves of plants were forgotten.
A lesser flower would have taken the hint. But ditch lilies are as obstinate as they are impressive

Since the blossoms come from the same root, they don't change, either. There's none of the genetic variety that comes with pollinated plants.

"These flowers have stayed the same since whenever God created them," Barnes said. "Dinosaurs may have been stomping on them.

"Most people involved with daylilies don't care for them," she added. "But I admire the elegance of their simplicity.

"You can call them ditch lilies or outhouse lilies, but every year they come back to add a little color to our world."

And keep their mysteries blooming one more time.

Source: http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/15/1262376

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