If Tropical Spider Lilies could speak, there would be a lot of flexing going on with the other flowers in the garden….
”Really? Is that all you got?”
”You know what they say about bulbs with big blooms…”
”I remember blooming like that when I was just a wee baby bulb.”
”Oh, how sweet. You decided to bloom a cute little flower.”
Come to think of it, even gardeners with Tropical Spiders flex among other gardeners. Take, for instance, my family friend “Bonnie” (name possibly changed to keep her bulbs safe from bulb diggers like myself). I received a private message the other day with a “Look what I have blooming.” Basically, an “in your face!” picture of a magnificent clump of White Spiders.
“Where did you get those lilies?!”
“You gave them to me.”
”Well, I want them back. I’m coming right over to dig them up!”
Too bad she lives 3 hours away. She knew her bulbs were safe. I could hear her little chuckles through the typed words of her messages. I bet my Mother put her up to this….
My Tropical White Spiders bloomed about a week after the infamous flexing message. Then my phone broke, which was probably a result of the bad words I had considered using when my Spiders had STILL had not bloomed.
So I gave them a hefting watering. Twice. Then magically, just like that, my Tropical White Spider Lilies bloomed.
If my phone hadn’t lost all my contacts, my little garden flexes to Bonnie would have been rampant.
”Mine are bigger than yours.”
”Here’s what a *real* Spider Lily looks like!”
(And my favorite) “Anything yours can do, mine can do better” sung in the style of the old musical Annie Get Your Gun.
Every now and then, some flowers in the garden simply stand out among the other peasant plants. Tropical White Spiders just demand your full attention. The blooms are large, captivating and completely over the top gorgeous. A perfect flower for a little playful banter with your friends, and a little flex among the other garden flowers….if only Tropical Spider Lilies could speak.
Happy Gardening, my friends!
Love, Keenan @Heirloombulbgirl
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