Yes. This is an amaryllis growing on our property. I am as surprised as you are; we're in zone six.
And here we are - it bloomed. I can't say I like amaryllis. But it is rather fantastical looking, here in New England. I feel like we should move it to a spot where it will "fit in". But it's a southwest exposure, and near to the house - it wouldn't do better anywhere else.
I feel the same way about them, and it's been a long time since anyone gave me one. I don't remember what happened to the bulbs of the ones I did have. Here, they probably could get by in most winters...
ReplyDeleteMy father had a bougainvilla that survived many winters with temps well below freezing, definitely not in its proper zone, because it grew against the chimney. But one year, the frost was extra hard, and it died.
Gretchen Joanna