Here are some photos of some rather beautiful flowers that have just made their annual appearance in my garden. They are a member of the belladonna family (I think) and are called amaryllis.
We have a rather more descriptive name for them - n*ked l*dies. So called because they appear without any accompanying leaves, the leaves arrive later when the flowers are spent.
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We call them 'nose peckers' as when Jordan was just small we had one in the house and as it grew taller than him he became very wary of it - especially as he thought it had beaks (closed flowers) and would peck his nose off.
Pop over to my latest post to see a wee surprise!
How beautiful! I love the colour.
These flowers are sold as bulbs in stores here before Christmas... I always try to buy a few potted ones (my favourite is red) so that they will bloom in time for the holidays.
Now I'll never be able to think of them as anything but "N*ked L*dies" forevermore!!
Thanks for the cheer-up, Mrinz!
xo CGF
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