Re: Naked Ladies! (Amaryllis belladonna)



Nan Sterman wrote:

> >  Last year, despite a
> >full flush of foliage earlier in the year, his naked ladies didn't bloom.
> Any ideas why? I don't think he's transplanted them (I've heard
> >they like to be crowded).
>
> That would be my guess.  They really do like to be crowded and terribly
> uncomfortable.  If I recall correctly, it took mine a year
> or two to start blooming.
>

These have naturalized all over northern California.  (They don't seem to have
spread a lot, but spread out gradually from where they had originally benn
planted)  I have noticed that when left on their own, they sometimes form large
clumps of bulbs, all above the ground surface.  Is this their natural manner of
growth in their native climate?
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