Birds and Happiness: Beautiful Flowers

“Minds are like flowers; they open only when the time is right.”

This is the time of the year where you can see lilies bloom.

This is a Beautiful flower with many names: Belladonna Lily, Naked Ladies, or Belladonna Amaryllis

This plant produces green, leafy growth that emerges in spring and dies back by mid summer. In late summer, leafless stems produce elegant, pink flowers.

This true amaryllis is a South African native that produces a substantial flower stem before sending up leaves, hence the common name, "naked ladies".

Each flowering stalk produces 6 to 12 trumpet shaped blooms 3 to 4 inches long.

After blooming has finished for the season, foliage will develop. The leaves will gather sunlight, create food through photosynthesis and strengthen the bulbs for the future. Water as needed during active growth periods. By late summer or early fall the foliage may yellow and die back. The bulbs will rest for a few months before beginning the next growing cycle.