more 'Pink Frost'

Most hellebores turn green as they fade. Not the ballardiae hybrids, or at least not my 'Pink Frost. I'm a month after it started to bloom and it looks like this. I'm liking them more and more.

la paz

Hippeastrum (amaryllis) 'La Paz' isn't as common as the large flowered hippeastrums (known commonly as "Amaryllis" that people grow for bloom at Christmas, and then discard. It is one of the cybister hybrids, which have a more spidery flower. I wasn't sure I liked it when I first purchased it, but like many orchids, as the years pass and the plant gets bigger, it turns into a whole different animal. 

Here in 2012: 

Now here in 2018.

I think I like it better than the large flowered Christmas amaryllis. With this many flowers, there is a longer bloom season since some are fading as others are just coming out. 14 scapes this year. 

Logan

Not wolverine, but still pretty tough. Iris unguicularis blooms a bit when it warms up in the winter, then makes a bigger splash at the same time as the crocuses, but with larger flowers,  longer season of bloom, and if you can get your nose down there, some fragrance.