Lilium leucanthum fragrant form from Chen Yi Nursery, China

A beautiful and pleasantly fragrant lily. Chen Yi has been shipping rare and intriguing plants from China for....well a number of years. I guess if I were to quibble, I'd say there could be more flair on the trumpet but this is a very nice lily. I like it in part because if it's unsupported, or supported low, the stems arch and the buds and flowers seem to be asking you to approach.

You never know what you'll find in the garden....

I don't know if this was a bored child amusing themselves or some sort of ritual creation. It is pretty cool. When I was in Fern Valley we occasionally found fertility offerings at the hollow base of a tree. The world's a funny place and as individuals, there's lots we don't understand.