The first flowers of Spring, 2013 arrived this week like friends returned from a spa vacation. Amaryllis was so eager to show-off her good health and beauty, I felt obliged to take a picture: 🙂
Today she was joined by her pretentious Ranchero neighbor, a reseeded perennial who insists we call her “Centaurea.” 🙄
To me, she’ll always be Batchy B! 😉
Until next time……
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How exciting!
The amaryllis is such a dramatic species!
I love the Amaryllis such a magnificent plant… love these photos…
Thanks BD! One of my largest pink varieties just showed its scape: wait til you see that one!
I love the names. Your flowers are gorgeous. Spring is in the air. Can’t wait to see what comes along from your fabulous garden.
🙂 Thanks!
I do miss the wonderful rebirth of a northern spring, though…it literally explodes, doesn’t it?! Not quite so climactic here, a great time of year regardless.
So strange to me to see Amaryllis growing outside. Your centaurea makes me think of sunflowers!
I really like the shade of these yellow centaurea This season’s flowers seem brighter than what bloomed last year.
Gardening always brings little surprises. 🙂
Love your Amaryllis!! We use them here in Ireland as indoor flowers! Really beautiful plants !
i LOVE them inside, too. Every year I buy at least one bulb around Christmas just to see it in the house among the decorations. Then when it’s done flowering I plant it in the yard. Most have rebloomed for me, but not always when you’d expect!
I can’t plant an Amaryllis outdoors until summer. It is really beautiful.
Hi Charlie,
The first spring I was here, I was so thrilled to see amaryllis popping up in exciting, unexpected places in other people’s yards.
Although not native, the variety in the picture is considered “local:” one of the old “Mead” types developed in Florida by breeder Dr. T. Mead. Their color is either red with a white stripe or the reverse; many Floridians refer to them as Easter Lilies because they DO look similar in size and shape, and begin blooming right around the holiday. I received several from various neighbors/friends as pass-alongs in 2009-10 and have been thrilled at how reliably they’ve bloomed and propagated!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing these two beauties. 🙂
Thank you!
I just took a gander at the amaryllis and the rain we’re FINALLY getting (it’s been weeks!!) has dramatically perked-up the colors of both. !
The colours of your garden look so beautiful!
You are so kind. 🙂
Many thanks!
Ah, Spring. It is every so slowly arriving in the Mid-Atlantic. The grass has some green tinges now, and the earlier bulbs are going strong. Amaryllis, alas, is not among them! 😉
When we lived in NOVA i remember some springs came SO early….but others were more reminiscent of further north. Must be the jet stream!
I have an amaryllis plant growing by the window sill in our living room! For a long long time it looked rather dead, then all of a sudden it started blooming! There’s 3 bright red flowers now just like yours! Thanks for sharing, I wouldn’t have known what plant is was until I read your post, it was a gift to my hubby from his work colleagues from several years ago!
Oh I’m so happy to have helped! 🙂
Amaryllis are so weird like that…the closer they get to sending up that bloomspike the worse they look! then all of a sudden POW!
Thanks for the linkup! So glad you included me, so that I could find your post! Love it, and shared. =)
That is so kind! Thank you!
I swear by the Zemanta links! I’ve found the most fantastic blogs that way!
Beautiful! I like amaryllis very much. I have 2 on red and orange but they don’t produce flowers anymore. I don’t know why…they used to flower every year.