Saturday 25 January 2014

Amaryllis

You've just got to admire the gusto an Amaryllis brings to January....



This one was a Christmas present from a friend.  Being away from home for the main holiday days it didn't get opened, never mind planted till 29th December.  The bulb had a little 1" green tip peaking out of the top of it.
It didn't look like much so I didn't take its photo (lesson learnt there!)

I watered it well and stood back...

 

and 20 days later I had a super tall plant and flower head taking shape...

Some days looking at it I had to try hard not to think about "the Alien" emerging to take a bite of me....


Thankfully that got a bit easier every day...

 
 

And 28 days after planting the first flower was fully open...

 

To be joined a couple of days later by a second....

 




Just LOVE that scarlet velvety red....

 

 




Happiness is your own scarlet Amaryllis and the light of a beeswax candle to keep the storm at bay outside....


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