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Rhodophiala bifida – Oxblood Lily

In flower today are the lovely oxblood lilies, Rhodophiala bifida.  This Argentine native bulb emerges seemingly overnight without foliage.  The 1′ tall stalks are topped with bright red, out-facing flowers…first cousin to hippeastrum (mistakenly known as amaryllis).  About a month after rhodophialas finish flowerering, the winter growing leaves emerge and remain throughout the winter.  Rhodophiala

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Eucomis ‘Naude’s Neck’ pineapple lily

I’ve long enjoyed pineapple lilies, but Eucomis autumnalis ‘Naude’s Neck‘ has to be one of my favorites.  Why, you ask…since it has no colored leaves or spotted foliage?  Most pineapple lily flower stalks tend to fall over after flowering due to the weight of the developing seed, but not Eucomis ‘Naude’s Neck’.  These flower spikes

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Gaillardia ‘Grape Sensation’

Looking great in the garden now is a personal favorite, Gaillardia ‘Grape Sensation’.  This Stephen F. Austin State University Arboretum selection of the Texas native is not only a  huge color break from typical gaillardia, but it the best performing and longest-lived blanket flower that we’ve every trialed.  Good drainage and plenty of sun are

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Sarracenia flava pitcher plant – “Feed me”

I could sit and watch pitcher plants all day as prospective food is constantly lured into the waiting pitchers.  Here’s the latest victim this week…a wasp, unaware that he’s the next meal for this hungry Sarracenia flava.  Pitcher plants are quite easy to grow, both in the ground and in containers.  In pots, we grow

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Zephyranthes katherine (rain lily) flowering

I hope you all had a great weekend in the garden!  With our cooler temperatures, plants are already starting their fall flush…what a great time to plant and move things around the garden.  I want to share a recent exciting horticultural moment for us…nearly a decade ago, we were given seed of a rain lily

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