4-20-2009 Amaryllis and Trees
Okay, maybe it's that other plant people confuse amaryllis with. Regardless, it comes up every year, is drought tolerant, and makes me pity you coldsters that have to dig these up every winter to store the bulbs in the basement. But I am jealous of your various basements.
Can you find the Tabasco in this picture? I can't.
Despite the title, this isn't a topical blog post. In fact, I really don't give a damn about the psuedo-amaryllis. Been dabbling in baking things. Also growing things. The oval tiled concrete planter is almost finished and I'm trying to find a yellow flowering tree to plant in it. I was first thinking about a Palo Verde (Green version?, well, the shorter one I think). Then the guy at Twigs and Leaves in St. Pete suggested to me it might be deciduous, so bald in the winter. I'll have to check on that. It's also not native Floridian. It's pretty common in Arizona, he told me. But it is quite drought tolerant, which is an important factor for me. I also looked at the beautiful tababuia, but it's too tropical (from Brazil), and I think it would die if young and during a good freeze. They grow fine around here, but I don't want 30 year frost damage. So he suggested sweet acacia. I'll probably go that route, since it's native to Floriduh. But, being an acacia, it will look like my jacaranda leaf-shape-wise, and that's a minus. Leaves to me are like pasta, and the diverse shapes alone keep me steeped in laffity-clappity bemusement.
