Today's pictures

Many subjects, many pictures. I will try to limit how many I post.

First up, sunrise - looks ominous:

My leopard lilies (Lilium pardalinum) are starting to bloom. My attempts to propagate them over the winter failed. I have the same number of plants I had last year, so maybe this year I will do some research on how best to produce more of them.

And while walking one of my dogs this afternoon and saw a turkey tail fungus:

A storm moved through this evening, I looked out the window and saw a rainbow. It is a double rainbow but the outer one is very faint.

Then we had a groovy sunset. 

That's is all.

Is there a doctor in the house?

The Leopard Lillies Are Up

Astute readers might recall Sixty Grit's post last fall regarding leopard lillies. Well, I bought some seeds and finally got them to germinate. Tough little boogers. The seed package instructions say:

Place seed inside zip-lock bag with small amount moist growing media, refrigerate 7 days. Sow in cell packs or flats, cover with 1/4 inch soil. Darkness aids germination. Kept at 55-65 F, germination is in 21-60 days.

Mine took the full sixty days. I have gotten 2 out of 6 seeds to germinate and I transferred one outdoors:

Baby steps.