Surprise Lilies 2016

Great observation. A heavy rain rearranged the group!

Each year big tall green leaves spring up and stand for weeks and then die. You pull them out (now limp and yellow) and then wait....for about a month or so. One day green shoots begin to emerge...tall and without leaves.. then buds then big,.pink lilies. That's the surprise!! And why they're called that. Really...it's quite a yearly event in my back yard.

I just googled Surprise Lilies and there they were with some great suggestions for what to plant at their "feet"...quite a bit of info about them.

I really wait for these each year. They are really beautiful flowers!

I was in LA when they popped up and got their first heavy soaking. Richard sent me a cell phone pic of a vase filled with those that fell. These were the leftovers...still quite a group...which greeted my return.

Many thanks, Ruth. They are an annual pleasure in my back yard.

Thanks for visiting this year's output!! I miss them already.

Just had to post!! It gives me such pleasure!

This is the high point of my gardening year.....well, there's the iris too!

The rain really make this arrangement. Quite a downpour and we had to bring many of them into the house and into a bowl!!