Lilies: Lily Tree? Huh?, 1 by Moby

Moby wrote:
I have a couple of tree-like lilies myself. I also have a tree peony that looks nothing like a tree, but when compared to a herbaceous peony... well you get the point.

I don't completely disagree with the points you've made, Lefty. For example, I have a non-gardening friend that bought 'hostas for sun' and proceeded to plant them in her tree-less, south-facing yard. Obviously that didn't work out and I explained that they were only more sun tolerant than most hosta.

However, I feel the ad is grossly misrepresentive (and unfair to people like my friend) to those who are not lily aficionados. We can even find the humor in it. If I didn't know better, I'd have thought they had trained it to look something like a tree lilac or tree hydrangea. Not unthinkable as it's been done with those and other plants. It's just shameful ~ why go to such lengths when a plant has these wonderful attributes in the first place?

Here's my henryi ~ would I call it a tree? You bet! But only amongst us lily-folk.