So, in the hustle and bustle of fall, we lost a Netflix video. (Yes, the cabin does have computers and electricity, but no TV).
Rebecca was in Houston and I was at the cabin when the video came in, and I was excited and told her “The Great Race” had finally come –she had really wanted me to watch the movie.
The Great Race from Netflix
I left for a talk for several days. (I think it was the Atlanta Perennial Plant Association) While I was gone, we also moved in our new piano. When I arrived back home, we looked for the movie but could not find it. The two of us assumed I must have thrown it away, so we went back to the farm where we began to go through all of our trash bags that were in a dumpster!
Hey, it’s $15 for a lost Netflix DVD!
The result…nothing.
After 3 or 4 more complete sweeps of the cabin (and that takes longer than you would think in 550 square feet), I sadly resorted to blaming the piano movers. The DVD was long forgotten, until a customer service question came in today.
Chinese Sacred Lily
Rebecca was answering the question on Chinese sacred lilies, and she turned to Scott Ogden’s Garden Bulbs for the South for some advice. You will never guess what was inside the book, tucked neatly between the pages! Looks like we have a movie to watch this week.
Chinese Sacred Lily Clump
I first saw Chinese sacred lily bulbs blooming near Schulenberg, Texas, an old German community along Interstate 10 in Texas known for its many beautifully painted churches. That was in January, and for many years I saw them blooming in January. Their golden cups usually catch my eye first, but if they are hidden with some other winter growing plants in a garden that I might be visiting, I can sometimes smell them first.
As you can imagine, we love hearing from you all, but answering customer service questions is generally not quite this rewarding! Thanks for helping us solve the missing Netflix DVD mystery.
Chris Wiesinger, the Bulb Hunter, founded The Southern Bulb Company to share his finds with the world. 
