Earlier this year I contemplated trying some unusual amaryllis (Hippeastrum) varieties including ‘Green Dragon’ , a compact, African amaryllis with bright green flowers with petals that look like fluttering wings.
But then I dropped the ball on that plan. With so many plants to relocate in the new space, I was hesitant to add anymore to the fray. Except that I have anyway. Within the last month I’ve added a good 15 new plants to my collection, including an amaryllis bulb I bought on impulse at the grocery store. I have almost no willpower anymore.
Yesterday, my friend David gifted me ‘Evergreen’, a new variety with soft, green petals that are thinner and more star-like than ‘Green Dragon’. I’m going to pot it up this afternoon and will post a photo in a month or so when it is blooming.
Now to decide whether or not to get anymore before they stop selling for the year…
I was trying not to buy any amaryllis yet… because whenever I start treating myself in November and early December, I inevitably get them as Christmas gifts. Now it feels extra, extra hard to wait and see!
Eliza: Sorry!
Ok, put this up here before you have the picture is pure torture! Hurry, hurry and bloom so we can all see!
I bloomed it last year. Check my link and you can see it compared with a few others.
Ooh! I love green flowered plants.
Now that you have a whole house to fill with plants you don’t need to exercise will power anymore!!!
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