We live at the crest of a ridge in the East Brainerd section of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The soil here is a relentless red clay punctuated with rocks. Cultivating a garden here is difficult first of all because you must remove rocks and amend the soil with organic material to even get started. Then our hot summers often with drought conditions makes it almost impossible to keep treasured plants alive. Now that I've told you the worst, here are some prizes from '97.
Asiatic and Oriental lillies adorn the front yard near the curb of our cul-de-sac.
More lillies tower above the Missouri primroses around our mailbox.
