This is not very fancy but the day this germinated, I was a hybridizer. Never in a million years did I ever think that this was possible. Standing on the property of BS I saw a pretty yellow flower and thought how cheerful. Right next to it was Irish Cream …. there we have it plain and simple as that. Lois Hole x Irish Cream crossed in Bloomington Minnesota in 2020.

06-13-2025 I PICKED A STEM TO BRING TO THE FIRST MARTAGON SHOW EVER IN MINNESOTA — I HOPE TO HEAR SOME POSITIVE REMARKS BUT—- SHE IS MY FIRST AND I AM IN LOVE WITH IT REGARDLESS

‘Irish Cream’ II(c/d)

Parentage unknown

R: unknown, G: E.E. Fox (1989), N: E.E. Fox (1990), I:

Fox Lily Ranch (1993), REG: E.E. Fox (1992)

Inside white with a cream tinge towards the centre,

changing to lime-green in the nectaries, throat light

green; outside cream/white, midribs mid green, and

plum-coloured edges at the junction with the pedicel;

spots very small, maroon, sprinkled on two-thirds of each

tepal and on the reverse; pollen cinnamon. Fls 50 mm

wide; tepals 35 × 17 mm, margins smooth, tips slightly

recurved. Lvs whorled, 150 × 32-35 mm, dark green,

with pronounced vein grooves. Stems 1.4 m, green, with

c.22 fls. Late June to early July.

‘Lois Hole’ II(c/d)

Parentage unknown

R: (1994), G: M. Joslin (2001), N: M. Joslin (2004), I:

Estate Perennials (2004), REG: M. Joslin (2004)

Inside vivid yellow (9A); outside white; spots and papillae

absent; nectaries yellow; pollen orange; stigma yellow. Fls

85 mm wide; tepals 35 × 10 mm, margins smooth, tips

slightly recurved. Lvs whorled, 40 × 9 mm, mid green.

Stems 1-1.2 m, mid green, with 13-15 fls. Early July.

(Named for Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta,

Canada. Nomenclatural standard: colour print provided

by registrant (WSY 0096938).)

Looking back I noticed that life grows lovelies where we are…..Sometimes in the most unpredictable ways. While scrolling back into the year of when all of the lovelies were in full bloom. How thankful I am that my local lily society took some photos of ‘Blushing Glow’ (my garden name) I was happy with the enormous outcome of remarks that were posted, when they chose to post my first cross publicly. I hope I reciprocated with a shout-out of gratitude.

With all of the publicity of ‘Blushing Glow’ …. I was once again humbled with the loveliness of where I am…. blushing with glow…. and ever-so thankful to the North Star Lily Society