Amaryllis blooms

The Amaryllis bulbs are all blooming for the 4th time in 2 years. They make lovely cut flowers. I thought these would bloom only in winter, so was a little surprised. All 10 bulbs have put out a beautiful show.

March Updates

It's been some time since I updated this space. Not much happening in the garden front. The tomatoes are still producing. I will be pulling out the plants soon to prepare for the next season. The Amaryllis plants are producing buds and have started blooming. Look how pretty they are!

Gladioli have started sprouting from the ground. I left the corms in the ground last year. I didn't expect them now but the unusual warm weather in SoCal must have helped them come up.

Lots of cleaning in store and preparing for summer!

Happy Friday!

Some blooms from our garden... Have a great weekend.

Some more blooms

It's been raining here in SoCal. We've really had ping pong weather this winter. A week ago the temperature was in the lower 80s, followed by spring like weather and right now it's too cold. I cannot imagine being in the east coast with all that snow.

'Lady Jane' Amaryllis:

'Picotee' Amaryllis:

'Charisma' Amaryllis:

Happy Friday!

More Amaryllis blooms in the past 2 weeks.

Here is 'La Paz' Amaryllis:




'Lady Jane' Amaryllis: so beautiful!







'Picotee' Amaryllis:






'Paris' Amaryllis: Love the bright color!






'Lemon Star' Amaryllis





Have a great weekend!

More Amaryllis and Methi

There was non-stop rain in Southern CA for 6 days last week which is very unusual. It was referred as the storm of the decade. I was worried about my Amaryllis bulbs because if they sit in too much water, they will rot. So far out of 10 bulbs, 5 have sprouted. Hoping that the rest will grow soon.

My methi plants are growing well, I will be harvesting soon.



'Neon Rose' Amaryllis: This is in a pot.










Exotic Star Amaryllis: This one is in the ground, I wanted to experiment how it fares in the ground.

First Amaryllis in bloom!

I am excited to report that my first Amaryllis bloomed a couple of days ago. More to follow soon. The variety is called Pasadena. Look at the scarlet red blooms with white flashes on each petal, Isn't it beautiful?

Amaryllis

I bought 10 Amaryllis bulbs from a gardening co-op and they arrived last week. I planted 2 of them last weekend. I will plant 2 each week so that I have continuous blooms from end of Dec to Feb. It will take approximately 7-10 weeks to bloom. Based on my research they do well in pots but I am planning to put some on the ground to see how they do. They do not even need any soil, all the nutrients are contained within the bulb itself. My co-worker has one in a jar with glass stones.