Before Martha Finds it...

I had to add one more post about a truly unique find at the Farmers Market yesterday-a beautiful looking flower. It turned out to be a wild growing member of the lily family called Bear Grass. According to some online research that I found Bear Grass typically grows in large, dense patches among lodgepole pine, subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce trees at elevations above 5,000 feet. It is found in the Northern Rockies, the Cascade and Coastal ranges, and the Sierras as far south as central California. Every few years, in June and July, it propagates offshoots from a creeping underground stem called a rhizome (RY-zome, from the Greek word for root). These give rise to sturdy green stalks that brighten the subalpine forest understory with large racemes (clusters) of small, delicately scented, creamy-white flowers. After the bloom is over, the offshoot plants die.

To put it plainly, they are just breathtaking! So look for this hard to find, difficult to source, sure to be the must have wedding floral in a Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine very soon!