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Welcome to GrowCook Eat Arrange, the podcast of me, Sarah Raven, and roving guests.

A repeated one, including Josie Lewis, who's our head gardener here at Perchell.

Welcome back, Josie.

Thank you. And I actually

thought it might be quite entertaining for us to discuss something that we don't agree on necessarily.

Or we both have rather divided opinions about. And those are the massive winter and spring frowing bulbs called amaryllis or hippie estuums.

I'm going to ask Josie first of all what she likes and doesn't like about Amarillis and then I will

also offer my opinion.

So Josie, tell me about the pros and cons in your personal aesthetic view of Amarillis. Okay, well, I just like to say, I was slightly surprised that you asked me

to come on and talk about Amarilis because you know my opinions. They are, I understand why people love

them. You can force them in that dark time of year. So even after Christmas, you know,

there's a lot going on at Christmas who don't necessarily need them flowering then. But after

Christmas, you know, I can see why people love them.

They're just gaudy.

I think of them, Arthur will appreciate this as flamingos, the one-legged with a lot of fluff

on top.

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