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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Hippeastrums

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Sherryl Sandersfeld wrote:

> I received a catalog and some photos in the mail Friday from a Daylily
> Nursery in Australia.  In the catalog are other bulbs and perennials as
> well as the daylilies and the Hippeastrum Jaffa really captured my
> attention.  What a gorgeous blossom. It resembles the form of the
> Amaryllis.....are these the same plant? Are these shade plants?  If not,
> please email me privately if you are familiar with the Hippeasturms and can

Hippeastrum is the genus of the bulbous plants that are sold around
Christmas time in the US as "amaryllis".  There is actually only a single
member of the genus Amaryllis: A. belladonna, the belladonna lily. Most of
the British gardeners I know call the Christmas bulbs "Hippeastrum", and I
suspect the same would be true of Australians.

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8
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