Tulip Time

It's been many months since I brought Home Depot's Parrot Tulips and Longfield Gardens' Tulipa Jimmy (which I actually picked up while food shopping at Wegmans), but I finally got around to potting them up today. Actually, I forgot whether I was supposed to plant them outside or inside, but no matter. I potted them up to admire indoors. Fortunately, they still look okay after sitting around neglected. There were green tips on most, if not all, of the bulbs. Hopefully with a little bit of TLC, they will take off.

Amaryllis Apple Blossom

Some time in November, my mother-in-law thoughtfully brought an amaryllis for me. We both enjoy gardening and love to share our successes, as well as commiserate over plants that are struggling or just didn't make it.

Amaryllis Apple Blossom is my first amaryllis and I thought it would be nice to record its progress here. I didn't think anything was going to happen for a long time and I was worried that I might have done something wrong but, once it decided to wake up, the growth was just explosive!

December 18

December 21

December 25

January 3

I am just astonished at how quickly the stem seems to have come out of nowhere. I believe it is an extra large bulb, but still... it is hard to imagine how that thick and tall stem came out of such a short bulb. Nature never ceases to amaze me! Thanks mom! :)