Merry Christmas Everyone!
These gorgeous spiky Kniphofia buds look really lovely against the green field. This is a photo I took while visiting a friend.
The Kniphofia is also known as red hot poker and torch lily, and grows up to 2 meters (over 6 feet) tall. The 2nd photo is a close-up.
Warm wishes from downunder
Hope you had a lovely day on Christmas. Our family Christmas get-together was on on Christmas eve this year. Here’s me with Buddy the dog, wishing you happy holidays from down under :)
Christmas day was spent with friends – a family with 3 kids. A lovely day, but LOL, it always reminds me how happy we are to be a family of 2 (no offence intended to anyone).
Pick of the Week
Sorry not quite gardening related but… Ooh, and I have just discovered that my submission to Illustration Friday has been selected as “Pick of the Week”! I’m thrilled – what a great Christmas surprise!
Hope you are all well and are having fun.
This is my early submission to Flowers Today – but I wanted to get online to wish you well.
12 comments:
Encore Joyeux Noël!
Fun post, looks you had a great Christmas! Red hot pokers grow in Tucson but probably not as big as yours. Congrats for being "pick of the week!"
Hi, thanks for checking out my blog and for your comment! What a great flower this is - 2 meters high! that's impressive. nice photos!
I'm having fun trying to pronounce that flower! Great stuff.
What magnificent Torch Lily!!! Just beautiful color, eh???
Congrats on your "Pick of the Week"!!!!! Neat illustration, BTW!
You and Buddy look so sweet together...and ready for fun! Your dress is awesome, BTW!
Great post! Red Hot Pokers were the first flowers I ever planted when I had my home built and then got married - and they were given to me by my Mother. Guess they hold a bit of a special place for me even though they clash with my color scheme. LOL I'm adding lots more colors now so it's all working out!!!
These are the Red Hot Poker plants? They are suppose to be great plants to attract hummingbirds.
They are lovely.
I've seen hot poker in garden catalogs before but not as tall as these! wow, I didn't know they'll grow that tall! ;)
Blessed New Year to you, Evelyn!
Evelyn: Those are really beautiful blooms.
Great shots. They are lovely flowers and common here too.
Glad you have a lovely Christmas.
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
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What an interesting looking flower! I don't think I've seen it before.
Great shots, Evelyn. I love succulants and you have many similar ones to ours here in South Africa. Thanks for visiting my blog. Blessings for 2010. Jo
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