Amaryllis
The ultimate (christmas) flower is the amaryllis.
Amaryllis, of the family Amaryllidaceae, is acctually a springflower. But since it's not hardy in Swedish climate we push them into flowering in wintertime, as a pottedplant inside.
My mother is some kind of "Amaryllis-collecter", not in the way that she has supernerdy knowledge of the Amaryllidaceae family, or the amaryllis she's got at home - most of them missing lables. But when ever she finds a specimen that she likes she will buy it, resultning in her buying about 5-6 new ones every christmas. And after some seasons the amaryllis will go back to it's "natural" flowering time, hence there are amaryllis flowering all year round in my familys home. My mother will buy any amaryllis that's a little different, while my fathers mission is to find an amaryllis that's so dark red it's almst black.
Anyway - when I had my parents over in Gothenburg the weekend before christmas, we visited Haga christmasfair and stumbled over a salesman that sold his amaryllis for almost nothing. So ofcourse we bought 4 each..
Mine just started flowering - all at ones ofcourse!
Amaryllis "Exotica"
Amaryllis "Fresh Lemon"
Amaryllis "Charisma"
Amaryllis "Exotica"
Now I'm off to my dear friend Anna-Carin. When we meet we spend most time taking walks, knitting and watching detectiv storys..
Amaryllis, of the family Amaryllidaceae, is acctually a springflower. But since it's not hardy in Swedish climate we push them into flowering in wintertime, as a pottedplant inside.
My mother is some kind of "Amaryllis-collecter", not in the way that she has supernerdy knowledge of the Amaryllidaceae family, or the amaryllis she's got at home - most of them missing lables. But when ever she finds a specimen that she likes she will buy it, resultning in her buying about 5-6 new ones every christmas. And after some seasons the amaryllis will go back to it's "natural" flowering time, hence there are amaryllis flowering all year round in my familys home. My mother will buy any amaryllis that's a little different, while my fathers mission is to find an amaryllis that's so dark red it's almst black.
Anyway - when I had my parents over in Gothenburg the weekend before christmas, we visited Haga christmasfair and stumbled over a salesman that sold his amaryllis for almost nothing. So ofcourse we bought 4 each..
Mine just started flowering - all at ones ofcourse!
Amaryllis "Exotica"
Amaryllis "Fresh Lemon"
Amaryllis "Charisma"
Amaryllis "Exotica"
Now I'm off to my dear friend Anna-Carin. When we meet we spend most time taking walks, knitting and watching detectiv storys..
Kommentarer
Postat av: Mamma
Underbara amaryllisar du har! Jag har tagit en titt på våra: en mörkröd (nästan svart) och sedan
Postat av: Mamma
Vilka underbara amaryllisar du har i blom! Jag har tagit en titt på våra lökar och nu har vi sex stycken som blommar, varav en mörkröd, och tre spännande knoppar som vi väntar på. Dessutom står det ett antal krukor med vilande lökar som förhoppningsvis ska blomma framåt våren. Visst är amaryllisar underbara!
Kram,
Mamma
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