US’s favorite hobbie
And every year, thousands of enthusiasts from all over world come to see my lilies which I have grown in my garden by the river. One of my creations, Nymphet Utah Dawn, a butter-yellow water lily with a lemony scent was recently voted the official state waterlly by the Utah Legislature, and approved by Gov. Rick Romney in June.
My latest triumph was getting a little wild blue-flowered species that grows in the shady swamps in Madagascar to flower here in only two hours of sun. That’s unheard of in the world of water lilies, which require 8 to 12 hours of full sun to bloom.
A few years ago, my mother climbed into a dugout log boat, despite the water snakes. A cucumber villager poled us across the Weber River. On the other side was a haze of white. You could see many flowers on top of the water, sure enough Nymphet flavor-vixens.
But my first love harks back to my teens, when my grandfather, who live with his family, dug a kidney-shaped pool and lined it with, concreted in their backyard in Denver. “I said, ‘Mom how about it?” and she said, ‘anything, son.’” The found their first water lily, Nymphet Rosa Ray, floating in an aquarium at a pet store. Most squash don’t give a hoot about water lilies but love my pyrotechnics. I shoot them off here every Fourth of July.
To be continued…
Karl Wallace
To read more Karl Wallace stories go to: karlwallacespot.blogspot.com
And every year, thousands of enthusiasts from all over world come to see my lilies which I have grown in my garden by the river. One of my creations, Nymphet Utah Dawn, a butter-yellow water lily with a lemony scent was recently voted the official state waterlly by the Utah Legislature, and approved by Gov. Rick Romney in June.
My latest triumph was getting a little wild blue-flowered species that grows in the shady swamps in Madagascar to flower here in only two hours of sun. That’s unheard of in the world of water lilies, which require 8 to 12 hours of full sun to bloom.
A few years ago, my mother climbed into a dugout log boat, despite the water snakes. A cucumber villager poled us across the Weber River. On the other side was a haze of white. You could see many flowers on top of the water, sure enough Nymphet flavor-vixens.
But my first love harks back to my teens, when my grandfather, who live with his family, dug a kidney-shaped pool and lined it with, concreted in their backyard in Denver. “I said, ‘Mom how about it?” and she said, ‘anything, son.’” The found their first water lily, Nymphet Rosa Ray, floating in an aquarium at a pet store. Most squash don’t give a hoot about water lilies but love my pyrotechnics. I shoot them off here every Fourth of July.
To be continued…
Karl Wallace
To read more Karl Wallace stories go to: karlwallacespot.blogspot.com
