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Lilies are long lasting, fragrant beautiful flowers but their orange pollen can stain.  Removing the anthers (the pollen-bearing oval tips inside the flower) early before the lily has fully opened is easy. The anthers will still be rubbery so they will be less likely to drift onto clothing or furniture.  If the flower has already opened, take a damp paper towel and remove the anthers carefully.   If pollen does land on an object and is still dry, use sticky tape to lift the pollen off.  Avoid touching the pollen with your hands. If an item has been stained by pollen, try putting...

The easiest way to remove leaves from lily stems to prepare them for the vase is to strip them in one sweep. It's fun and fast!  Here is a short clip showing how this is done: Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.

I met my husband in yoga class.  We quickly became friends. He would often drive me home to the city after night classes. I would eat my dinner in his old Saab and we would talk non stop about everything. He was in the flower business. One night, he dropped me off at the subway station and asked "do you like flowers?". He opened the trunk and loaded me with a hundred fresh tulips from Holland.  I had never (nor had any of the other subway riders) seen so many fresh flowers.  I put them throughout my apartment in glasses and...