Re: Amaryllis

Noreen,
    I do not cut the foliage back. I just put them in a sunny window here in
Colorado, give them water, and they bloom around MArch/April. I guess if I
wanted to have flowers at Christmas I could do the heroic stuff(cut, dry,
rest) but that is too much work and I would probably forget about them. So I
make room for the big foliage and let them be.

betsy
It's snowing could be 6-9"  Colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Amaryllis


> I'm probably going to show my total lack of knowledge of
> Amaryllis...but....have to learn, right?   I thought they always shoot  up
bloom stalks before
> the folliage???  Every one that I've had that has  bloomed has had no
foliage
> until it was finished blooming.  The following  year they put out foliage
but no
> bloom stalks.
> Thanks for the info/links on the Amaryllis, Bonnie.
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast  <-----rain day today!! YEAH!!
>
> In a message dated 2/24/2006 11:02:31 PM Central Standard Time,
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> Both of  my amaryllis have two bloom stalks.  The 'Double Record has 5
blooms
> each stalk.  The 'Red Lion' appears to have 3 blooms on one  stalk and two
on
> the other.  It is the first year I've had it.   The odd thing is that
'Double
> Record' has no leaves!  'Red Lion' has 7  leaves for one stalk and no
leaves
> for the other.  I think it's a bit  confused.  LOL!!!  It's blooms are
going
> to be a show stopper,  I'm sure!   I can't really plant mine outside or
leave
> them  outside except in the summer.  They just wouldn't  survive.
>
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