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Habranthus robustus blooming abundantly |
May 30, 2025. After at least three weeks with no rain and hot weather, we got a nice drenching set of thunderstorms roll through after Memorial Day. Sure enough, that kicked many of our rain lilies into gear. It's amazing how quickly they send up flowers after a good storm; I guess they have buds eagerly waiting below the soil, ready to jump as soon as the time is right. Most of our rain lily varieties had already gone through a flowering stage earlier this spring, but many of those repeated for this event, which had the garden richly decorated in Habranthus and Zephyranthes blooms: Z. drummondii, Z. dichromantha and Z. katheriniae put in abundant repeat performances. Z. macrosiphon, which had only put out a few flowers earlier this spring, was absolutely stunning in clumps around the garden, and H. tubispathus bloomed for the first time. The same goes for H. robustus, whose broad area of self-seeded clusters seen in the photo here burst into simultaneous flower along our left side border. The only ones not playing along were Z. morrisclintii, which had bloomed earlier this year, and Z. citrina, which has yet to bloom. These flowers will last only a few days, but I appreciate them while they last – and look forward to the next good thunderstorm that breaks an episode of dry heat. |
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