Century-old orange amaryllis remains in Ruth Bacon’s care

100+ YEAR OLD AMARYLLIS PLANT -- Ruth Bacon sits next to an amaryllis plant that has been in her family and in the same pot for over 100 years. It was given to Bacon by her mother as a wedding gift 69 years ago. Bacon explains that the color is simple, no

Ruth Bacon of Council Grove is the longtime caretaker of an orange amaryllis that has been in her family for more than a century.

According to family notes and a 1953 Hutchinson Herald article, the pla…

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