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a Tisket, a Tasket, a Lily for Your Garden

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Dan Gill
Published April 4, 2015 at 7:08 AM CDT
Easter lily in bloom.
LSU AgCenter
Easter lily in bloom.
Easter lily in bloom.
Credit LSU AgCenter
Easter lily in bloom.

Blooming Easter lilies are part of how we celebrate the holiday.

Did you know there was once an Easter lily production area in Plaquemines Parish? Back then -- in the 1940s and 1950s -- they called them "Creole lilies".

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Dan Gill
Dan is an Associate Professor in Consumer Horticulture with the LSU AgCenter. He is the spokesperson for the LSU AgCenter’s "Get It Growing project," an effort encouraging home horticulture throughout Louisiana. Dan is also author of "Month-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana" and co-author of the "Louisiana Gardener’s Guide."

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