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Amaryllis Makes Memorable Holiday Gift
Released: 12-18-97
B. Rosie Lerner
Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist
If you're shopping for a striking gift for that special gardener, the amaryllis may be just what you're looking for. The amaryllis is a tender bulb that can't survive outdoors even in the mildest Indiana winters. But it ...
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Growing the Delightful Amaryllis
H-811 (Revised) December 2000
Ronald C. Smith, Extension Horticulturist
No other interior flower can add such a volume of delightful color in a home during the long North Dakota winters than the amaryllis. The colors almost challenge the imagination — white, with streaks of red, various shades of red, orange, and in some cases, yellow. They can be named hybrids or simply unnamed seedlings, sold ...
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Home Forcing of Potted Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)
Revised 6/98 -- Author Reviewed 6/98 HIL-8529
A. A. DeHertogh
Professor
Department of Horticultural Science
Part 1 -- General Aspects
The Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is a true bulb that originated in the tropical areas of South America. Thus, it is a tender bulb. It performs best when grown under warm (70 to 75 oF) temperatures for 9 to 10 months to promote flowering and vegetative growth, followed by 2 to 3 months of either cool (55 oF) dry s ...
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Home Forcing of Potted Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)
Revised 6/98 -- Author Reviewed 6/98 HIL-8529
A. A. DeHertogh
Professor
Department of Horticultural Science
Part 1 -- General Aspects
The Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is a true bulb that originated in the tropical areas of South America. Thus, it is a tender bulb. It performs best when grown under warm (70 to 75 oF) temperatures for 9 to 10 months to promote flowering and vegetative growth, followed by 2 to 3 months of either cool (55 oF) dry s ...
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How to Grow An Amaryllis... It's not just a Christmas flower
Hippeastrum
October 10, 1999
Nothing can break the gloom, like a bloom in the dead of winter.
Of all of the flowering bulbs, the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is the easiest to force into bloom. The large, (up to si ...
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Questions on: Amaryllis
Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service
Q: My mother gave me a beautiful amaryllis bulb for Christmas. Now my mother-in-law is jealous. She and I share plants and flowers through the year. I was wondering if there was any way to split the bulb. I have one bulb, but the bulb has six to nine flowers on three different stems. I know the seeds will produce, but that will take years for them to grow and germinate. (e-mail reference)
A: Nothing worse than a ...
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