Growing for 8 weeks now...no sign of flower stem.
It’s been eight weeks since I re-planted my amaryllis bulbs. (See my earlier post about it here.) As you can see by the photo at left, they haven’t done much of anything. They each have two leaves and they seem healthy. So far there is no sign of a flower stalk.
Winter is dragging on here. One day it’s cold and blustery, the next day the air seems milder, kinder. The cold and snow seem to be lasting forever.
One day I noticed the snow near the south side of the house had melted and the ground was thawed. Of course I thought about planting spinach seeds there. The next day the temperature dropped twenty degrees and it snowed. It was a nice fantasy while it lasted.
Soon I’ll be able to start seeds, but not until the middle of March. It’s hard for me to look at the gardening forums and read about gardeners in warmer climates discussing their spring plantings. And they do it with a certain amount of glee, I might add.
Oh, how I yearn to plant.
Soon, very soon.
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