Dawn
My garden is bursting with these lilies at the moment. I want to share this with you for the nature Tuesday Challenge. Yesterday, when I went out for my walk I noticed a number of tiny golden lilies on the road sides. The playground where the neighborhood children play soccer is dotted with the yellow lilies as well.
After the thunder storms these lilies appear from no where and so they are commonly called rain lilies. Zephranthes is the botanical name and there are 70 plus subspecies. The pink ones in the picture are called Zephranthes Rosea , these crocus like flowers bloom in summer. Thunder storms, heavy rains and heaving watering could easily trigger these plants to bloom when the temperatures are high. Just a feed of organic fertilizer can keeps these blooms coming for months.
These bulbs do not need to be dug out in hot climates , their deep green grass like foliage remain fresh and elegant in the non flowering seasons as well.
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Question of
Are these Zephranthes blooming now where you live?
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Do you like these lilies?
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Wow these are so beautiful!
Do you have these where you live Ellie?
I think so, but I rarely see them.
Lillies are amazing – we have many day lilies blooming on our morning walk!
I am missing them, I need to go out for my morning walks , but with the relaxing of rules here there are too many people on the road who throw caution to the winds.
we walk at a great distance away from others, because of that issue!
Hmm.. we can’t get away like that we have boundaries which we cannot cross right now. But I appreciate the steps the government is taking to contain this virus.
it is all about doing the right things. luckily we have large grassy areas where we walk the Labs, so there is room to be away from others!
Happy for you and your family Doc. Our pets seem to suffer the most.
These are beautiful lilies. I have never seen this kind of lilies.
These are very common flowers here Vidocka, don’t you have them there?
Such a lovely and happy color!
I like the way they stand so proud and steady waving their head at you so early in the mornings.
They are beautiful! I have them in a pot!
I knew what they were when you posted them in the challenge. 🙂