By Jim McCausland, Sunset senior garden writer

Like the Himalayan Mountains from which they come, Cardiocrinum giganteum lilies blow you away with their size. A single 14-foot stem can bear 20 to 50 white lilies with reddish throats. But this year at Far Reaches Farm in Port Townsend, Washington, one cardiocrinum produced a couple of dozen flowers that were heavily flushed with deep pink.

This appears to be a new color form, but Far Reaches owners Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken aren’t sure. If you've seen it before, we'd like to hear from you. (If you just want one like it, be patient: it takes years to make more from seed.)