Thanks for the Amaryllis!
Most years I pot up a few Amaryllis bulbs to bloom indoors over winter. This year, however, I just never got around to doing so. Happily, our friend Rose (of Prairie Rose’s Garden blog) sent us a gift that made up for my neglect.
In fact, this gift Amaryllis has an excellent sense of timing, as we can enjoy its blooms even as we are getting clobbered by several days of snow. I can come back inside from shoveling the snow for the fifth time this weekend (OK, only the second time, but it feels like the fifth) and look at the red and white flowers. They remind me of candy canes and of all the colorful blooms that will surely come with the spring. I gaze at them and my heart lightens.
gardeninacity 
beauty !
Indeed.
What a wonderful colour, especially with the white background! I’m a little bit jealous now! I’m really bad with cultivating Amaryllis, so I already gave up on that.
Already heard and saw pictures from Chicago with snow. My older son who lives in Chicago at the moment, sent me some pics of his shovel work.
I’m not very good with them, either. I try to save them from season to season and never succeed.
That is a BEAUTIFUL flower!
It was a great gift.
I loved having amaryllis in the house. Then one year all my stored bulbs got infected and I never bought anymore. Thanks for sharing.
That sounds devastating. I don’t blame you for giving up.
the snow in the background shows your Amaryllis off beautifully! Such a lovely colour at this dull time of year.
Exactly.
What a great gift .. and perfect timing. The Amaryllis looks lovely against the snowy background. ( good luck with the shovelling..)
Thank goodness, the snow has started melting again.
Yes, candy canes!
That would be a good name for this variety.
That Rose is so sweet. So is this amaryllis. It is gorgeous. I hope your snow melts soon.
Me too!
That is a beautiful bloom against the snowy background! No snow here this year, yet. 🙂
The Amaryllis gives the snowy scene a certain warmth.
And what a lovely stripey one it is too. But the snow? Yuck, I hate the stuff. Keep shovelling.
Oh, I kept shoveling. Shoveling and shoveling. It’s melting right now, though.
It’s even prettier than its picture in the catalog! The inexpensive one I bought for myself this year bloomed, but wasn’t nearly as pretty. And you’re welcome–Beckie and I certainly appreciated your chauffeuring us around last August to see all the lovely gardens in Chicagoland!
Judy and I enjoyed having you both as visitors!
I’ve always loved them too. They’re very easy to grow on from year to year.
Actually, I’ve always had trouble keeping them for more than a single season.
Gardening friends are the best! It’s a beauty.
Yes!
The gift of a single amaryllis has turned into multiples that will soon be blooming as a prelude to spring.
Yes, exactly.
Wow, it’s lovely. Sorry about the snow making work for you. We’ve had two snows this year–enough for the next few years.
I think all the Amaryllis I’ve seen on blogs this year are much better than a few years ago. This might be a case of the hybridisers doing a good job.
Yes, perhaps we need to give then credit when credit is due.
A stunner!!!
Thanks! It is unusually nice, isn’t it?
You have a friend who understands the art of gift-giving.
Yes!
That’s a lovely colour, and just in time for Valentine’s Day too. 🙂
Yes, it’s a Valentine’s Day Amaryllis.
How beautiful! Do you know the name? It looks a lot like ‘Apple Blossom’, which fortunately will grow outside here and return each year to bloom with little effort on my part.
I’m embarrassed to say I lost the tag with the variety name.
That’s a beautiful amaryllis!
Beautiful, and a good reminder that this wicked winter will be over at some point. 🙂
If the past is any guide …
A beauty! And your snowy background looks remarkably similar to ours.
The frozen north.
Yes, yes! The frozen north.
What a beauty! And like the sun in the middle of that snowy background!
Very true.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an amaryllis with those markings before…it’s beautiful!! They are so welcome this time of year!
Indeed. It has very unusual markings and color.
How delightful she is! Ouch re all that shoveling, I would like one heavy fall of snow that disappears after a day, I imagine it gets old fast!!!xxx
It does and it has.
That’s a lovely amaryllis, very striking with the red and white, like some kind of strawberry swirl. While you’ve been shovelling snow, I’ve been shovelling compost and manure from the front through to the back and onto the borders, it feels just as exhausting.
Hmm. I think I’d prefer shovelig compost to snow, though snow isn’t as smelly.
Nice. Amaryllis are a perfect midwinter no-guilt treat 🙂