Tall lily just kept growing
By Kelli HooksWairarapa Times-Age·
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Save At 2m high, Jean Farley's lily is not your average lily and she swears it is entirely self-grown.
Mrs Farley, of Greytown, was given the lily about four years ago, while in hospital for a knee replacement.
"Instead of bringing me flowers at hospital a friend brought me this [the
lily]," she said.
She left it in a pot for two years before planting it out and said since then the lily has had no attention.
"It gets no care at all, no special fertiliser or anything.