I sang this at the Singaround, and for some reason the Morris Minor painted tangerine got comments. What's wrong with that?

I thought people would ask about the lilies. Stella d'Oro lilies are new-fangled tetraploid lilies, that are easy to grow and look like plastic even when they aren't. Not long after their introduction, they became popular for beds around municipal buildings and other places where nobody really cares about the flowers, but the public expects to see them. My sister thinks they look plastic because every single element of the bloom is the same color.

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I have some at the street level in front of my house, and they thrive in that difficult environment. Every time I see the blooms I think "What an icky shade of orange."