CATCHING UP👍

As my Amaryllis obsession took over I was busy scouring over garden web sites to procure as many cultivars as I could. The bulbs started coming to the door in boxes and it was pretty exciting to open the boxes and looking at the gift of flowers to come. 
As the bulbs began to bloom it kept me busy with my flower photography. In eight years since my last post I have become much much better photographer. It is a double pleasure to combine my love of flowers and their photography.
The first of the blooms to appear are the white multi-petaled blooms of 'NYMPH'  This time I counted sixty blooms enough to make any one who cannot grow them outside envious.

Next to come was 'Lemon Star'. Even these have multiplied over time and the 4-5 blooms/stem is simply gorgeous.

 The pink blooms came next.I have lost the label. Need to find out the name of this cultivar.

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                Born Again gardener

  Just looking at my garden blog that was penned in 2011, I can say that I have missing from the garden for the last five years. Somehow photography took over and I was MIA for 5 long years. What a tragedy.😢
But this year I have goten my mojo back  and I have been feverishly attending to my garden. The year started with a grand plan of planting lots of trees.I live on 2+ acres of land and the front lawn is 500 yards long. So in came 7 Vitex aka Chaste tree which produces purple blooms from summer to fall. This is one of the underused native trees. Takes a lot of heat and humidity. 
Then came 14 Crape Myrtles called 'Arapaho' which are more mildew resistant and bears red blooms.
And one 40 G Mexican Plum another native Texan that bears cherry like blossoms before the leaves come out.
A small rose bed was created with just 6 old roses.
Last but not least was my attempt to relocate all my Amaryllis bulbs to their new bed.
Bamm. A new obsession/passion has taken over as I rediscovered the gorgeous flowers that grow with no care whatsoever.  Multiplying over time.
How could I have neglected these beauties ? Specially when they are so photogenic and each cultivar has  blooms that are spectacular.

All the images are by the author and copyrighted. Please do not use in any form or fashion without my explicit permission.