Flower Friday: August 15, 2025

 

It's Flower Friday!

Sue sent these photos of her perennial amaryllis:

I told Sue that around here, those flowers are referred to "naked ladies😁" . 

Sue replied, "Oh you Pennsylvanians!  Naughty!"

Then we both looked them up.  They are also referred to as Jersey Lillies which I thought was apt since Sue lives in New Jersey.  She said they are also called Resurrection Lilies because the there are huge leaves in the spring which die back.  Then the flowers emerge in the late summer.

Does anyone know what this flower is?  I'm referring to the little black eyed susans.  They are about a 1/3 of the size of a regular rudbeckia.  I hadn't planted this and the little button buds remind me of something else...   All I know is that the seeds must have been brought in by the rabbits because that is a favorite place of theirs.

My gut instinct is that they are zinnias, possibly creeping zinnias.  Any idea if it is?

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!