Lycoris squamigera in the garden
Brook Klehm (Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:14:33 PDT)

I like your suggestions. I am translating the notes about Lycoris
squamigera companions to Amaryllis belladona, as that is more common
here in northern California. I am partial to naked ladies sprouting
out of a duff of fallen leaves. On my drive to work I see a patch of
Amaryllis underneath Fraxinus oregona (which drops its leaves early in
the season, just as the Amaryllis are finishing their bloom). With the
horizontal morning light picking out the heads of pink flowers above
their arched stems above yellow-green fallen leaves, it is quite
autumnal. Unfortunately, in northern California few deciduous plants
color very well. Our only reliable fall color is Toxicodendron
diversilobum (Poison Oak).
Brook Klehm
Sebastopol California, where my Amaryllis belladona is just beginning
to open its first flowers on the southwest side of a Monterey pine.