Spot on, both of you - it was a Christmas present from Mark's cousin and though I've given them as presents before, I've never grown one myself. I was amazed at the speed it shot up and the four blooms are simply magnificent. Not only that, I've just spotted a second shoot coming up. Shall grow one of these again.
Hi Gill, You can keep these from year to year if you wish. Just keep watering while in flower, then let it die down naturally. Cut the dead leaves off and store it in it's pot on it's side until the end of the year when you can start it off again.
Sometimes, an Elegant Sufficiency just isn't enough. In 2008 I responded to a challenge to post a photo a day, in the company of one or two online friends. The habit of taking a daily photograph is far too good to lose however and so the project continues. Words and thoughts will stay on the original blog - here, I hope the pictures will speak for themselves.
I've formulated my own set of "rules" for myself to follow:
Though some entries will be post-dated, the actual photo will be taken on the right day.
I'll post the photo as it was taken and not manipulate it in any way.
I knit, I sew, I embroider, I paint and draw and occasionally keep a journal. I do funny things with paper, paint and glue, I make books and other stuff. Not much of this is of any use (with the possible exception of the socks I knit) but I find fun in everything I do. I love colour, texture, pattern and want to do it all perfectly - preferably in the next five minutes.
When I'm not making stuff myself, I'm teaching someone else how to do it (or teaching someone else to teach someone else to do it)
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Gorgeous Gill.. is it an amarylis?
Dorothy
Looks like an Amarylis/Hippeastrum to me. I never know which it's supposed to be called.
Spot on, both of you - it was a Christmas present from Mark's cousin and though I've given them as presents before, I've never grown one myself. I was amazed at the speed it shot up and the four blooms are simply magnificent. Not only that, I've just spotted a second shoot coming up.
Shall grow one of these again.
Hi Gill,
You can keep these from year to year if you wish. Just keep watering while in flower, then let it die down naturally. Cut the dead leaves off and store it in it's pot on it's side until the end of the year when you can start it off again.
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