A small and belated September update for 2024, where I am still, after many years' membership, on 365 Project, also now posting elsewhere but wanting...
It looks so pretty. What is the difference between an amaryllis and a hippeastrum because we call these flowers hippeastrum in Australia. Must look it up. We have lots in our garden and they grow like wildfire.
Babs, they are the same, amaryllis being the more common name. We often used to give these in a box for a Christmas gift, ready to plant. How lovely to have them growing in your garden - here they are a special treat!
She's a beauty...........I have one currently resting in my outer hallway (with a very long single leaf growing and one outside which is just starting to show signs of sprouting.......
Babs, they are the same, amaryllis being the more common name. We often used to give these in a box for a Christmas gift, ready to plant. How lovely to have them growing in your garden - here they are a special treat!
In about 6 months I think!