Yes, you did read that correctly. I know I should probably say hippeastrum, and I know some people dislike bulbs of the forced, indoor, showy kind, BUT . . .
I don’t know how you feel, but from where I’m standing looking outwards at the world, it seems that January has not got off to the best start. I think we could all do with something light and bright, blowsy, and joyful . . .
. . . something like the amaryllis I’ve just grown – which is a blowsy, joyful thing indeed!
With it’s massive, look-at-me trumpet flowers in a luminous here-I-am pinkish-red, I find this gloriously blooming, loud and shouty amaryllis a powerful antidote to the start of 2026 . . .
. . . and I love Tom’s photographs of it glowing defiantly amidst the January gloom.
For me, the only thing that might improve the joyful nature of Tom’s amaryllis photos is the addition of a dog . . .
A dog, you say?
Yes, a dog.
or even two dogs?
Two dogs and an amaryllis . . .
What we all need more of in January, 2026.
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