Red lily by Lil blue

Most of the day lilies in the Catskill/Hudson Valley region are orange tiger lilies. They grow wild everywhere, along all the roads, along stream beds and in flower beds. There are a few on this property, we affectionately call Lil Blue, and if Lil Blue was my house, I'd plant a whole lot more. The contrast of the orange against all the green is exciting. There's a spray of red lilies in a flower bed in the backyard, dark velvety red, that really pops out. I prefer the orange, but these red lilies look like pieces of red velvet fluttering over the flower bed.

Here's a big red lily, painted right from the backyard of 'Lil Blue!
"red lily" © 2009 by Lauren Edmond