California Gardening: Flowers from Yard to Vase - CA series, 1 by soilsandup

soilsandup wrote:
Week 33 - this is an old standby from the yards of my childhood days - Amaryllis belladonna, aka naked lady. The summers are dry here in my zone, and this is one plant that will survive without hardly any summer water (but it will grow just fine with watering too). So, you see this popping out in neglected corners of many yards. In the photo of the yellow echinacea, you can see the naked ladies peeping out from behind. Here's a photo from another patch in the yard where you can see the bare stems. In this photo, they are growing under the shade of a cherry tree; in the photo above, they are growing out in the open and take the hot afternoon sun. A very versatile and easy plant to grow.