A Week of Flowers - Day 7

I've had fun with 'A Week of Flowers' and I want to thank Cathy at Words and Herbs for inviting bloggers to participate once again this year.  I remembered that I'd joined in last year on an ad hoc basis but I was surprised to discover that I'd submitted posts in 2021 and 2022 as well.  Maybe next year, assuming Cathy rings the bell once more, I'll get my act together and participate from start to finish.

To wrap up the fourth of my posts this year for Day Seven, I focused on blooms that stood out in April 2024:

Alstroemerias put on a growth spurt in spring but they hang on into summer until it just gets too hot for them before gradually reappearing as temperatures cool in the fall

I planted bulbs of Ferraria crispa (aka starfish iris) in 2019.  The flowers make haphazard appearances but I got a few blooms last April.

The tall Dutch Iris (Iris hollandica) put on a good display every spring.  I haven't planted any new bulbs this year, trusting that those I've planted in prior years will show up again in 2025.

All the pincushion flowers of my Leucospermum shrubs can be found in bloom in April

I inherited calla lilies (Zantedeschia aethiopica) with the garden.  Almost all of the bulbs are located on our very dry back slope. The plants die back every summer and reappear following our winter rainy season but, without rain, they don't bloom much, if at all.  They did well the last 2 years when we had heavier-than-usual rainfall but, unfortunately so far, 2025 doesn't look auspicious.