Join me this year as I start the Mahala project, an effort to bring a daylily cross, from seed to bloom, that personifies the historic accounts of the bold, yet incredibly hospitable first white woman settler to our area, who, with her husband ran a lodge that was frequented by a variety of common people – trappers, travelers, and Sioux alike. A woman who not only cooked a hog for her guests, but harvested it. Whose lodge was a log cabin with a hot kitchen that leaked.
The seed from the cross below will be the first attempt. It is from a 2024 cross at the townhome gardens. It will be at least a three year wait til bloom. A long game to be sure.
Other crosses will follow.
Susan's Daily Garden 