The bulb for this amaryllis was given to me by a student family in early December as a Christmas gift. I followed the instructions carefully, but for months it just wouldn't grow beyond the few initial spikes of leaves. I thought perhaps I had over-watered it initially, or hadn't watered it enough. Maybe it was too cold in the indoor garden room. I felt like Charlie Brown and his little Christmas tree: "I've killed it.". . .

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Hils wanted me to see her two Amaryllis which are in flower by her dining room window.The sun crept through the clouds and illuminated the red sail like petals...

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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2008-03-28, 18:09:43

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(L to R) Christmas Star,...

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I'm loving the weather inside the house where flowers are blooming! My 'Apple Blossom' amaryllis (Hippeastrum) that I've had for two years is finally blooming for the first time. The blooms are HUGE! The flower stalk is one of the taller ones I've had, too. . ..

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2008-03-07, 18:54:58

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I'm probably late to the party (I'm late for a lot of things, being The Queen of Procrastination, you know), but I made a discovery today that has me wondering if it's too good to be true.

Hardy amaryllis. As in Hippeastrum. Yeah, like the 'Red Lion' and 'Apple Blossom' kind. Imagine living in zone 5 and growing them in your garden year round. No lifting in the fall and storing in the basement. Unless you really want to, and you can do that, too. . . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2008-02-01, 06:52:52

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I have three different Amaryllis plants. A flower from one of them is pictured above. Unfortunately I have no idea of the name of this Amaryllis. . . .

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Day before yesterday... almost open

Yesterday... fully open!

Wikipedia entry on Hippeastrum (AKA amaryllis)
Dave's Garden info on: 'Apple Blossom' Amaryllis

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Posted by Angela Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2008-01-07, 18:05:17

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Hippeastrum 'Lemon Lime'

The first Amaryllis bloom of the season opened for me right before Christmas. It was the 'Lemon Lime' bulb I'd bought in November. Shortly after potting it up, it put out two flower stalks. Yesterday I cut the first one off because it was done blooming, just as the second one is preparing to open. 'Lemon Lime' is considered a dwarf amaryllis, typically growing to a height of 16-20 inches. Bloom size measures approximately 4-5 inches across. . . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2008-01-07, 18:00:44

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Christmas was cool.
All the children showed up for Christmas Eve din-din. OK, so it was under the threat of penalty of death, but that's besides the point. After Church service with the grandparents, I stuffed their faces and plied them with wine, then watched as they all sprawled across the couch groaning with swollen bellies. It doesn't matter that they couldn't move for 3 hours cause I was happy, and when the Mom is happy, all is well, you know!. . .

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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-12-28, 00:45:16

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Here is my first ever amaryllis...I had to rescue it from a bin in the garden department at the hardware store since it had started to grow. The first bloom appeared Dec 21 and when we returned today from an overnight stay at my daughter's house I found four blooms...and more to come on the other stalk! Then my task will be to see if I can have it survive for next year.
And here is the present I bought for my son-in-law...except I was so excited about it I had to get one for me too...so now that I'm home I need to go set up my box...we did his yesterday at their house.

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis, fungi on 2007-12-28, 00:44:26

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It's that time of year again. People give, get and just buy for themselves, an amaryllis bulb. The pictures are beautiful. The ones you see at friends houses always look absolutely breathtaking! So, why not give it a try? Why not? Here are some hints to help you get started. . . .

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Posted by North Country Maturing Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-12-11, 00:28:09

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Saturday, December 1, 2007

This past week has been a blur of events at work that left me in Burlington at the close of the work day yesterday afternoon. Until I dropped off a passenger in Montpelier on the way home and he wished me a good weekend, I wasn't even tuned in to the fact the week was over. Some weeks are like this, and that's why I enjoy gardening a whole lot more. . . .

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Posted by George Africa Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-12-02, 00:37:01

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Posted by Elizabeth Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-30, 01:08:36

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Hey all, as I mentioned a little bit ago on the radio, you can buy huge amaryllis bulbs in time to bloom for Christmas and be a do-gooder at the same time. The proceeds from the sale of the bulbs benefit the Idaho Horticulture Society. Call my gal pal Jan Haneke at 941-1754 to get some of these glorious jumbo bulbs. $15 for the single petaled variety, $20 for the frilly ones.

And check out www.colorblends.com for bulb kits. Minimum order is $50 but shipping is reasonable. On a $60 order, the shipping was just $10.

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Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-23, 01:42:33

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Have to get up e-a-r-l-y, way too early for me in the dark of dawn. To the radio station, that would be 94.9, the River, to talk about what’s new and fun for gardeners as we approach the holidays. They want to talk about bulbs and trees. I hope they fire up Tom Petty as I am driving in. Or Gnarls Barkley. . . .

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Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-23, 01:42:23

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How can I make my amaryllis stronger so that the stalk doesn't bend over? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-12, 00:49:32

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I'm in the process of bringing in a lot of my houseplants and succulents for the winter. If you read this blog last winter you may remember my experiments with pollinating my Amaryllis and the subsequent Amaryllis seed pods and know that I have one or two of these flowering indoor bulbs around. At the beginning of October I moved my potted Amaryllids onto the porch so they wouldn't get sun or water and make them lose their leaves. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-12, 00:33:42

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I've tried forcing amaryllis bulbs to bloom indoors but without success. What might I be doing wrong? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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There are two ways to increase the length of time you have Amaryllis bulbs blooming indoors. . . .

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It's not the time we usually associate Amaryllis with but the ones we stored and planted this spring are blooming away right now. Actually these are Hippeastrum which are indigenous to South America. . . .

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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-06-12, 06:55:41

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Since Thanksgiving, we have had an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum sp.) in bloom every single day. I don't time it like that on purpose, it just happens like this. Of course, it helps that I have many, many Amaryllis bulbs, but still. If I would try and plan for them to do this, it wouldn't happen, you know. It's one of the Murphy's Laws of Gardening. . .

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This Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' is currently in bloom in my indoor garden. It's another one of my Amaryllis bulbs that I purchased from a big box store after the Holidays about a year ago. I believe I used the pollen from this bulb in a crossing with an Amaryllis 'Red Lion' last year but I didn't label the seed pods. The metallic sheen on the flowers of this bulb really make it one of my favorite Amaryllis bulbs.

Garden Blogger in Chicago

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-03-29, 23:52:57

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In the last entry on Amaryllis pollination I promised an update on the developing seed pods of the Minerva I had started to propagate. I hope this photo of the Amaryllis/Hippeastrum seed pods will give you a good idea of what your seed pods should look like if your propagation attempts were successful. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis, seeds on 2007-03-14, 23:43:35

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Here's my latest Amaryllis to bloom unfortunately I haven't been able to find a name for it yet. It's a smaller bloom than the others that I have. The scape was about 18 inches tall and the flowers were six inches wide. I tried to cross it with my Amaryllis Minerva but only one pod formed with the pollen that the Minerva donated. I got better results on my Minerva, the pollen from this plant formed two seed pods. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-03-12, 18:37:05

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On top is my new orchid, Burr Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty', from the Maymont Show opening up....and below is my amaryllis, hippeastrum 'Jewel', with all four buds open.

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Posted by Gotta Garden Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis, orchids on 2007-03-01, 00:05:06

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On my other blog I've been posting little gardening tips and tricks and I originally posted this one there but I figured I'd post it here too for visitors who may be looking for information on propagating their Amaryllis bulbs. I started doing it last year and found it to be very easy to do and now have a few seedlings of crosses that I made. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-23, 16:11:54

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If you were waiting to see the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) from the US Botanical Garden,
here they are:


Rosetta


Lemon Lime

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Posted by Gotta Garden Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-22, 01:01:08

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Rescued from the basement, here is Jewel (Hippeastrum Double):

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Posted by Gotta Garden Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-22, 01:00:47

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Here is my Amaryllis Hermitage in all of its glory. The first main flower stalk ended up shorter than last year much to my delight. No worry of it flopping over. There is another flower stalk growing that could very well end up taller than the first. Last year the two stalks bloomed at the same time, quite spectacular. I am happy with the staggered blooms though, as it is prolonging the color. . .

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Posted by Angie Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-20, 23:41:44

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My husband and friends are really, really tired of listening to me brag about this, but I am proud of the fact that—defying all the tenets of hippeastrum wisdom—I actually have two buds pushing up from my two oldest plants—I think six and five years, respectively. . . .

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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-20, 15:57:02

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Carol at May Dreams Gardens is starting a monthly Garden Blogger's Bloom Day in which we are to write a post about what is blooming in our gardens on the 15th of each month. February is probably the month with the least amount of blooms, but it makes it easy for me. I only have one thing blooming right now, but the blooms are gigantic - My Hippeastrum!

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Posted by Marc Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-16, 22:55:55

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Forcing Amaryllis before putting them in the ground.
Here is Minerva (now):

And Red Lion (in January):

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Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-16, 22:47:18

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I received this amaryllis as a Christmas gift from a sweet friend. I think I planted it a week or so before Christmas. I have patiently watered (and talked to) it ever since. I was rewarded with the above bloom last week. I had to giggle when I read Mr. Brownthumb's blog the same topic. It stayed vibrant and beautiful for a week or so and now it's withering. But man, do those leaves look great! I guess I'll plant this puppy in my garden in a few weeks (when the threat of a freeze is over). I have learned from this experience that patience in not MY virtue.

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Posted by gardenmomma (Chris) Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-14, 22:49:26

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In this previous entry to my garden blog I posted about waiting on this particular Amaryllis to bloom. Today the wait was finally over as it decided to bloom for me and allowed me to snap a few pictures of it.



This past Christmas Target carried these bulbs from Smith And Hawken that ranged in price from $6.99 to $29.99. At the local Target there were two bulbs for sale for $29.99 they were a Minerva and Mont Blanc. They were exceptionally large bulbs about the size of the JUMBO
Amaryllis bulbs from Breck's it came with a glass container and some colored marbles. . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-09, 16:36:45

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Possibly the worst part, for me at least, about growing Amaryllis bulbs is the time it takes for the flowers to open up. I've been waiting on this particular Amaryllis bulb to unfurl it's flowers for three days now. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-08, 17:20:25

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It’s actually pretty simple to make sure that your Amaryllis grows straight. All you have to do is pay attention to it and turn it every so often. As you probably know, the Amaryllis puts...

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Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-02-01, 23:28:13

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Sunday, January 21st. Almost there.....

As you can see, the Amaryllis turned out to be a beautiful soft pink, with a touch of white.

Unfortunately, last Saturday, 2 of the buds were broken off ...and now there's only one left.

At first I thought Jasmine had done the dreadful deed, and was feeling more than a wee bit angry with her. She sometimes plays with the plants while she's watching the birds...and she gets a bit wild and crazy. I'm surprised I have any plants left at all!

But then Ross realized that he had probably done it....and she was saved from my wrath. . .

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Posted by Kerri Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-01-28, 16:26:50

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A few days before Christmas I was walking through the greenhouse of a Home Depot and I came across this new way of growing an Amaryllis. At first I couldn't believe what I was seeing it looked like the brain child of a sadistic Amaryllis grower. It reminded me of this one time when I was working in a bonsai nursery and these two older ladies walked in and walked out in a huff but not before I got an earful of how "mean" we were for growing trees in such little pots. When I saw this Amaryllis I had almost the same reaction as those two ladies some years back except I didn't yell at anyone and threaten to call the Arbor Day Foundation. . . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-01-18, 15:44:40

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I've been noticing a lot of searches leading people to my blog looking for information on how to care for their Amaryllis bulbs. Based on the nature of the queries that lead to my blog I'll try to answer them from my experience growing these since last year. . .

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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-01-16, 16:59:20

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The mama Amaryllis bulb is starting to grow! I noticed it yesterday. So, it took 19 days...not bad at all. All of the babies except one have growth also. Having to cram all of my gardening into one pot of bulbs is pretty pathetic, ha ha!