The Amazon Lily is beautiful this year. It really has its toes pinched and needs to be split and repotted. The blooms are gorgeous because of the cramped quarters. A few nights during the winter season, the orchids have to be moved to the greenhouse, but generally they are out in the Shade Garden.
Amazon Lily 2017
Amazon Lily in the shade garden
Red Cymbidium 2017
Red Cymbidium in the shade garden
My Mom gave me the first Amazon Lily bulb many years ago. She was a Master Gardener and had lovely gardens wherever she lived. (Visit the Grace Potter page in the TLC Genealogy Project.)
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The Dasheen leaves make an excellent side dish, similar to spinach.
Taro or Dasheen is a tuber. We grow the Dasheen in large tubs in partial to mostly shade. Don’t mistake these plants for elephant ears. The Taro has no cut at the top of the leaf as the elephant ears do.
The Dasheen or Taro leaves make an excellent side dish, tasting and cooking very much like spinach. Six to eight leaves makes a serving. Cut the leaves, chop the large part of the leaf into pieces the size of a quarter. Strip the stems and chop. Steam the Taro for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm.
