Flowers are loved to be received by people on every occasion and especially when it’s their Birthday. As birthdays are the most personal event of any one’s life, and that moment that day is only for the person born over the date. As there are stones and zodiac signs attached to all the birth months and dates and people prefer using them that way especially the stones, the same way flowers are associated to zodiac signs and birth months. So gifting the birth month flowers or the flowers associated to zodiac signs is definitely a much cherishing gift to be received.Parrotlilies grow from clusters of white peanut-sized tubers arranged like the spokes of a wagon wheel. In the spring, they send up 8-12 in (20-30.5 cm) stalks that have the general character of an upright Solomon's seal with the foliage clustered in a little umbrella at the top of the stem.
Although the stem is arrow-straight and the foliage is held in a horizontal position, the glistening parallel-veined pale green leaves tend to curl under at the edges and droop at the ends and always look a bit limp. As the season progresses, the stem elongates to 18-30 in (46-76 cm) and the leaves (now looking more twisted than limp) appear to spread out along its length in a stretched out spiral arrangement. Early in the summer, clusters of red flowers appear at the stem tips. The tubular 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) flowers look like distorted azalea blossoms that are struggling to open. The ragged uneven petal edges curl slightly inward instead of flaring outward. The flowers are crimson on the outside with light lemon-lime shades at the petal tips and on the inside. The interior of the flower is streaked with greenish-black. The blossoms are followed by barrel-shaped 3/4 in (2 cm) long seed pods.
The whole plant turns straw-colored before it goes dormant and disappears in the late summer or early fall. 'Mona Lisa' has brighter, bigger, and more abundant flowers than the species. There is also a variegated form that has leaves heavily streaked with creamy white. 'Frosted Peruvian Lily' has cinnamon colored flowers and white tipped foliage. '
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