Look what’s blooming like crazy in Jan! It’s so bright I used my florescent oil paint sticks. They have a big clump of these Torch Lilies at Norfolk Botanical Garden. A gardener told me they started to show buds a month ago then last week they really opened up!
It’s so nice to stand there sketching and take in the colors on a gray day like today, and tomorrow it’s supposed to rain, so I’m glad I got this sketch today. I did the watercolor background when I got home.
We call your Torch Lilies Red Hot Pokers here in New Zealand. They’re the same plant, cause I just looked it up.
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Red Hot Pokers is a good name for them! Thanks!
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Really cheerful for the New year! Yes, we call them red hot poker in U.K. also (kniphofia – I have them in the garden here, but they won’t make an appearance until June).
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They bloom in June over there? Interesting. I wonder why since you’re in the northern hemisphere too. I’ll try to remember to see how they look in June here. Thanks!
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Gorgeous! ❤️
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Thanks!
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This really is gorgeous!! 😍
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thanks!
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Soooo beautiful! What a happy surprise! Cheers! 🙂
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Thanks!
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My pleasure! 🙂
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