This year I put an amaryllis bulb in the middle of my paperwhite bulb arrangement. All the paperwhite bulbs bloomed first. I cut off the tops of the paperwhites and left the leaves in the bowl as a backdrop to the amaryllis bulb. It turned out really pretty.
As the song goes….”Everybody’s Working for the Weekend”…. When the weekend comes, we are overwhelmed with all the projects and things we have to get done in two short days. This morning as I was making my list, I reflected back on the last month of Christmas holiday festivities and realized there had not been [...]
Our Christmas tree is up, decorations are hung and shopping will soon begin for the holiday season, however, the weather in Big D is not Christmas-like. As a matter of fact, we are still enjoying some of the most beautiful rose blooms yet this season, as temperatures have not been below freezing for long enough. [...]
Another miracle from a bulb. I want more of these next year. Have a happy week !!
Each time I watch a bulb bloom …..I am so amazed.
This amaryllis bulb bloomed late this year but gave us such a nice burst of color in our front hallway when everything else outside was dormant.
Every year I force paper whites during the Thanksgiving weekend so I have a bouquet of fragrant winter beauties blooming in time for the Christmas holiday.
The bud is exquisite and a true miracle in itself. It is simply amazing to me how any bulb can produce a flower.
These smiling paper whites are a member [...]
We were all surprised in Big D when it snowed on Christmas Eve!!!
What a treat for us ol’ Chicagoans………
And, the garden never looked more beautiful with its lovely blanket of white snow.
Looking out the window……..
we saw such lovely scenes throughout the garden on this wintery day.
What a perfect memory !! Merry Christmas [...]
You would never know that this plant that looks like a cabbage head all winter long will surprise you in the early spring with a tall lovely yellow flower coming out from the center. I put one on each side of my roses and throughout my garden for winter color and then look forward to [...]
This year I grew the most incredible paperwhites but the best part was sharing them with my sister-in-law Debbie who was visiting from Scottsdale. She enjoyed taking pictures of the different stages the flowers were in as much as I did. I got them planted late this year so they did not go into [...]
