Re: Amaryllis belladonna /advise needed
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Amaryllis belladonna /advise needed
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:38:02 -0600 (CST)
> If you plant the Amaryllis deeper than the ground freezes in your area
> the Amaryllis should do well. One lady who lives in Northern Pennsylvania
> planted her bulbs 12 inches deep and she says it took two years for the
> flowers to find their way to the surface but they bloomed the second
> summer. If your soil drains well so the bulbs won't rot in the ground
> plant them 9-12 deep and wait.
You'd need *perfect* drainage for this. Here in zone 8 we're advised to
plant with the crown *SLIGHTLY ABOVE* ground level, a la bearded iris.
I've never heard of this deeper planting technique and if it does work,
it either works because the bulb works its way up to a better position
or the drainage is indeed very very good. In either case, you'd need
good, loose, well-draining soil to succeed. Planting slightly above
ground level allows me to grow these bulbs in black clay with no
problem.
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Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
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