Thanksgiving Weekend Flowers
Fergus kip off a Republic of Turkey hangover , behind the shaving brush blossoms of a gravid pot of Haemanthus albiflos . The South African evergreen plant geophyte , Haemanthus albiflos blossom for me in December . This year it has bloomed a few weeks early , so I impart one big one in to the firm for Thanksgiving . The name Haemanthus is derived from the Grecian “ haima ” mean blood and “ anthos ” mean flower – a reference to the red flush of most species ....