Holiday Plants and Flowers – EZ To Grow Amaryllis Plant
It is a common site around the holidays to see the gorgeous blooms from Amaryllis plants. They make a beautiful addition to your home or office and look especially nice when grouped together. At holiday time, amaryllis plants are available from multiple sources. The best places to get high quality amaryllis plants is from a local florist or garden center. Larger chain stores will typically carry the amaryllis plants too, however quality can be sacrificed for lower prices.
In addition to stores having already planted amaryllis bulbs, many will also carry amaryllis planting kits. These kits are boxes that contain everything needed to plant the bulb yourself at home. Learn how to plant and grow an amaryllis bulb in the short video created by Royal Bouquet Florist. Just click the picture or choose Video Training above.
Amaryllis bulbs are extremely easy to grow inside, especially for the holidays, when following just a few simple tips. Perhaps that is why so many people enjoy growing them indoors. Typically, Amaryllis kits (boxed kits usually include the bulb, planter, and plant material) are marketed and sold in stores beginning in late fall – just in time to grow for blossoming during the upcoming holiday season.
The word Amaryllis comes from the latin word amarysso which means “to sparkle”. The flower blossoms are brilliant and dramatic and absolutely make a statement in any room they are placed. The bulb will produce one or two stems about 24 inches in height with the lily shaped blossoms occurring at the top of the stem. Common colors of the flower blossoms are crimson red, pink, salmon, white, and a mixture of any of those colors.
Expected growing time from bulb to flowering blossoms is generally 6-8 weeks. Thus it is best to begin planting the bulbs by mid November to insure blossoming during the upcoming December holiday period. The amaryllis is a native plant to South Africa and warmer climates that experience wet and dry periods. The bulb won’t survive a frost and therefore should be planted indoors or pulled up from the ground before the first frost hits.
The amaryllis bulb can be grown to produce gorgeous blooms for many years when taken care of properly. In some cases, the bulb may produce two flowering periods each year. However, they must go through a growth cycle and a dormancy cycle.
