Photography by Corey Amaro
Amaryllis at Christmas they are one of the more traditional flowers in France rather than the poinsettia.
White or red.
What flower speaks to you of Christmas?
Christmas Flower
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29 responses to “Christmas Flower”
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Amaryllis. Red only. Big bold explosion of colour, timed to bloom during between Christmas and New Years (mellandagarna).
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I’ve planted many pots of paperwhite narcissus each year for a long time. Love them! Also love the big white amaryllis too (that’s an amazing pot of them blooming that you have on your blog today!) but they are hard to find where I live.
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Always white Amaryllis at Christmas.
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I love all kinds of flowers but love Roses anytime
I love to cut my evergreen branches and put flowering cabbages in them.
I love all kinds of flowers. I love to get An Azelea plant at Christmas too.
Love you
Enjoy your Christms vacation.
Love Jeanne -
I fill the shop with amaryllis at Christmas and hope no one buys them! My aunt kept one for many years-which is not easy. It re-bloomed year after year, sometimes not at Christmas.
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I set out paper whites in various stages so there’s a succession of blossoms.
I love your white amaryllis arrangement-I’m used to seeing them as singletons and love the massed effect! -
Interesting – I never knew that Amaryllis was a Christmas flower. I remember in England pots of hyacinths with moss tucked round them were often given as Christmas presents, the heady scent in the middle of dark winter reminding us of spring.
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I love paperwhite narcissus this time of year although I do favor the soft pink poinsettia.
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My grandmother always had red Amaryllis for Christmas. I use paperwhites. Merry Christmas to you and yours Corey.. xo marlis
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Roses. “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” is one of my favorite Christmas carols and I never fail to be touched by the symbolism of the delicate rose arriving in the cold winter.
(You can hear me playing “Lo, How a Rose” on my blog here: http://amykortuem.blogspot.com/ – enjoy, and Merry Christmas Corey and Family!) -
I have a Christmas cactus that blooms every December. My blossoms are pink but they also have red and white ones.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Corey. Have fun on your cruise! -
I must admit that I’m not really a flower person and they rarely survive under my care. Having said that, I have a Christmas cactus that’s been blooming for about four years now!
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Your white Amaryllis is beautiful. We usually grow paper whites at Christmas and our Christmas cactus is blooming beautifully.
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Amaryllis and paper whites. Although they are not flowers, I love evergreens and holly with red berries. Also nandina with red berries.
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I love to pot up paper whites and amaryllis. We see a lot of pointsettias and Christmas cactus available, too. Another nice Christmas plant is rosemary trained into a topiary shape – and it smells good.
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Poinsettias….red or white…they both speak of Christmas to me.
Your amaryllis are really pretty. The red ones are what I see most of around here tho.
Merry Christmas to you and your family…both near and far….(I’m so sorry about Lynn.)
Merry Christmas to ALL on here! -
Corey, did either of the following grow outdoors in Willows?
Poinsettia: Did you know they were originally from Mexico, and were named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poinsettia
In the Bay Area (and probably other mild parts of California as well) after the holidays, some people would plant their Poinsettias in the garden. Turns out that, left to their own devices, Poinsettias don’t bloom till late January, and can grow as tall as a small tree — neighbors down the street from us had one that grazed a second-story window!!!
Amaryllis: We had bulbs that my mother called Amaryllis in our back yard, with beautiful fragrant pink flowers that bloomed in summer. But they turned out to be Lycoris squamigera (a/k/a “Naked Ladies,” because they didn’t blossom till after the leaves died back). I still (Proustianly?) recall their perfume, just thinking about them!
http://www.oatlands.org/images/Garden/lycoris%20squamigera%20aug%2018,%202006LG%282%29.jpg -
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Corey, did either of the following grow outdoors in Willows?
Poinsettia: Did you know they were originally from Mexico, and were named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico? In the Bay Area (and probably other mild parts of California as well) after the holidays, some people would plant their Poinsettias in the garden. Turns out that, left to their own devices, Poinsettias don’t bloom till late January, and can grow as tall as a small tree — neighbors down the street from us had one that grazed a second-story window!!!
Amaryllis: We had bulbs that my mother called Amaryllis in our back yard, with beautiful fragrant pink flowers that bloomed in summer. But they turned out to be Lycoris squamigera (a/k/a “Naked Ladies,” because they didn’t blossom till after the leaves died back). I still (Proustianly?) recall their perfume, just thinking about them! -
Amaryllis……I am French
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I’m not fond of poinsettias, probably because I can never keep them alive, but, their red, red color does speak of Christmas to me just the same. I prefer amaryllis and your white one is so very striking here, Corey, with that hint of green. We can only grow them indoors here, usually during the Christmas season, and they are the BEST plant to grow around children as they practically grow an inch a day.
I put a lot of greens around for Christmas. Whatever I can cut or find at the stores, and I leave them around for as long as I can, with splashes of whatever else I can find. -
Very amused to find that we blogged about the same thing today! Your’s are prettier! Every Good Wish for you and your’s and EVERYONE this Christmas!
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Very amused to find we blogged about the same thing today! Your’s speaks more to me than my own! Every good wish to you and your’s and EVERYONE for this Christmas and the year ahead!
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Greetings Corey and family and Merry Christmas from New Zealand!
In our part of the world our Christmas flower is from a tree with a Maori name. It is called a Pohutukawa and the blooms are a rich red. They look very festive given that in New Zealand just now we are in summer mode and so snow and Christmas decorations can look a bit strange. So this is our Kiwi Christmas Tree. Here is a link to an image of one of the trees in bloom here in Nelson where I live….http://www.new-zealand-pictures.com/2009/12/merry-christmas/
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Thank you Jennie…what a beautiful tree.
Corey thank you as well. We have the amaryllis here that you can plant they come in white, red and a combination of the two. Poinsettas in red, white and pink also and the Christmas cactus. I love them all but I’m not good with flowers so after the season they usually die off and I buy new the next year.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas…hope you are all having a nice day:) -
Amaryllis due to my life in Canada. In Poland, poinsettia (also called Bethlehem Star) and hyacinths are most popular at this time of the year. http://polonicahomeagain.blogspot.com/2011/11/amaryllis-amarylis.html
Corey, wishing you and your family a good Christmas full of love and peace. -
Corey
Thank you for these wonderful pictures of the Winter Flower…amaryllis, my favorite. I am currently sketching for a work in textiles of this winter flower and so appreciate your views to stimulate me to again get to the sketchbook and finish the design so fabric and threads can be selected.
Happy holidays…what a glorious group of amaryllis you have growing in your home! to give a living plant feature to the winter celebrations.
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Amaryllis are beautiful..but I must have a red Poinsettia every year..Merry Christmas to you and your family Corey..
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Just wanted to say Hi! and that I love these photos. I love the contrast and the flowers!
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Poinsettias of every shade here. They always remind of Christmas even though they are not my favorite. I love your elegant amaryllis. I think I’ll start a new tradition.
Merry Christmas to you. May you have joy and peace.
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