Rain Lilys

I was at the grocery store the other day and came across some bulbs being clearance out.  I am always a sucker when I walk by these displays.  I think it stems back to watching both of parents working on a farm and in their garden caring and loving the plants they grew.  It's like they were the stewards of making sure that variety survived.  So, I always feel compelled to try to save a plant.

Well, being new to Texas, I am fasinated by the plants that grow here. They really need to be hardy to survive our extreme weather conditions.  My husband and I have lived in six different states over our married lives. Each state was a new adventure, so different from the corn and soybean fields of Northeastern Illinois where we grew up.  We have lived thru some of the coldest winters in Wisconsin in the mid 80s, to the gorgeous springs in north Georgia, to the floods in Missouri and the nature that is so abundant in Arkansas. Three years ago we moved on to Texas, a whole different enviroment.  But, I have learned so much about gardening in each area because of the things I was taught by my parents.  Each plant needs to have the right conditions to survive.  So, I picked up a box of eight rain lily bulbs and have planted them in my perennial border on the back of the house.   I am not sure if they were too dried out to save, but I feel good about the adventure.  I did some research and found they are a native plant in Texas, so maybe they are just tough enough to survive. I sure hope so.