Drive-By Gardens: A red-carpet welcome of oxblood lilies
October 04, 2013
I spotted this cheery welcome in central Austin today: oodles of oxblood lilies (Rhodophiala bifida), a fall-blooming, naturalizing bulb for central Texas, in bloom against a white picket fence.
Happy Friday, y’all!
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What a brilliant sight! It’s a great use of the Oxblood Lily.
Beautiful.
What a treat! I love them.
That’s fantastic! What a surprise!
Happy weekend to you too. what a lovely display of red.
What a great eye for a simple and beautiful contrast/arrangement!
that looks amazing! talk about slamming on the ‘ol brakes, eh!?
How pretty that is and worth waiting for each year.
That is a nice look. Too bad it only lasts for a few days. The first time I saw oxblood lilies was when I was going to UNT in Denton. I was driving through an old neighborhood and spotted a house where the entire lawn had these red flowers popping up through the grass. I have wanted to go back for a photo, but I was lost at the time and have no idea where I was.
True, this is not a look you can build an all-year design around. But it’s certainly effective for a weeklong traffic-stopping moment in early fall. I’d love to have seen that oxblood-lily-studded lawn you happened upon. —Pam
“That is a nice look. Too bad it only lasts for a few days.”
That’s why you plant multiple bulbs to fill out the season! Plus, the peony season in my old home lasted only a week, but what a week!