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Where Flowers & Plants Bloom, So Does Clean Air
Posted Nov 05, 2010
By jacqueblue8
Though chemicals such as formaldehyde, benzene, and carbon monoxide are a curse to human health, plants can thrive on them, while also removing them from the air.
These are from the Lily family, Amaryllis belladonna, sometimes referred to as the Naked Lady. They are native to southern Japan.
During late summer and early autumn, long after the strap-shaped leaves have withered away, clusters of beautiful, fragrant, pink blossoms bloom.
Clusters of up to twelve blossoms are supported on stalks growing 10 to 18 inches in length. Hense the name Naked Lady.
Was given the bulbs from my husbands Mom who is 81 yrs.young, which originally came from his Grandma and then I dug up more from my niece's house in San Jose. So as you see they are very hearty. These are peaking out from my fresh rosemary plant.
