I would drive down rural roads and if no house was near by dig up lily’s and other flowers growing wild. always had a shovel in my car....told one of my DIL’s and she did the same with tiger lily’s...Also checked out old homesteads for lilac’s growing and clip off a bouquet to take home or give to my daughter...waste not want not when it comes to flowers...:O)
Yep, there you go.
ALL my phlox were dug up on the roadside, 25-30 years ago! Most of my earliest spring bulbs are wild from the wooded areas on our land and transplanted to the shadier areas around the house. Of course, ditto for the day lilies. Doesn’t everyone drive around with buckets and a shovel?
No one buys those plants, do they? (g)