In the early spring, when snow is still on the ground, hundreds of pussy cats come out to play in the willow trees. It feels just like the soft fur of a real kitten. Soon the catkins will open and you will see tiny yellow flowers emerge. If you want to keep the pussies all year, cut some branches in spring before the catkins open. The buds will stay on the cut branches as soft pussies and never open up.
Tiger lilies are orange, like tigers, but instead of stripes they have black spots.
They will grow in any part of the country. If you want to grow tiger lilies in your garden, plant the bulbs in fall and your beastly plants will bloom the following spring. Here's a perennial that blooms in the shade. It grows happiest under the dappled shade of deciduous trees. Flowers are showy and yellow on long stems.