Wonderful Amaryllis. I just moved to Florida and brought my Amaryllis with me. I noticed a neighbor had theirs outside, so I brought mine out and they are looking so good. I will be planting them in the garden since they do very well outside here.
my amaryllis is about 20 years old. This is the first time I have 6 blooms, 5 blooms a few months ago, but was normally 4 blooms. Each bloom is 7" across, the stalk is 4' long, the leaves about 5' long, and the bulb is about 12" diameter. The color is dark red. it is in a pot, I never cut the leaves. I do not fertilize it. It is always in doors. I need to repot it to a bigger 20" pot and take off the new bulbs. I do use a large tomato cage to help keep the leaves and stalk up. It might not be eye pleasing, but this is a very long experiment that I am doing - which is letting the plant do what it knows how to grow and never cut back or cut anything. I let the stalk dry out normally.
Thanks for writing David. Your bulbs sounds like a real beast! The size is amazing. This Spring is the 17th time the original 5 have bloomed for me. Take care and Happy Spring.
I have that same amaryllis and it just bloomed beautifully. I cut two stems and gave them to my mom. I’m going to divide them after blooming is complete.
Hi Karen, I started with 5 bulbs in 2008 and I have about 100 now, just from Separating the pups every couple years. I did unload a video about 5 weeks ago.
Beautiful amaryllis. I live in zone 9b in Redlands California. I bought several amaryllis bulbs last November. I had beautiful flowers. After blooming I planted most of them in the ground. I mixed potting soil with chicken manure and compost. I hope they grow and multiply like yours. We are having a lot of rain should I cover them? Thank you and have a blessed day.
During the summer months we have rain almost daily. I've never covered mine. I do have a few videos on my Amaryllis. I don't have a Playlist, but usually make a video each Spring. Thanks for visiting, Marie, I hope you'll come back again soon ❤️
I know you could grow these bulbs in pots in your house. They aren't just for Christmas and when you plant them in pots is when they take off. It's when they are in the ground that they emerge at Spring. Thanks for watching, Garry.
Your amaryllis are gorgeous. I also live in zone 9b but in Deep South Texas. I planted my bulb in the ground back in Spring. I am wondering if you cut the foliage back to get it to bloom?
Hi Rebecca, I do cut my Amaryllis leaves back as they begin to fall over. I've never had them winter over and still look good. January and February are cool here and we might get a near freeze. First part of March I see that little green "tongue" sticking out of the bulb and signaling that it's ready to put on a show for another Spring! Every year since 2008. Good luck and I hope you'll visit my channel again soon 💗
Mine are planted in the ground. I never cut the green foliage, and they bloom naturally. (I only remove dead leaves). I think they need to get sun on the leaves for energy for blooms. So plant in a full sun to partial sun location.
I am in zone 7b and would need to dig the bulbs up each fall. I have wanted to try planting in the ground. But my question is how long do the blooms last in the ground? My inside amaryllis in pots only bloom about seven or eight days before dying off. Not sure this is worthwhile or not to try planting in ground. Thanks for a nice video.
Thanks for watching. I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you. In zone 9b I can grow them in the Garden and in pots and I usually get a couple weeks out of each. 7b...I would stick with indoors. Sorry. I hope you will visit again.
I am in Central FL and put them in the ground this spring. They are doing well, but I was wondering if you could prune to make them rebloom or just leave them?
Hi Debbie, I'm in Windermere so we must be close. I have several planted in the Garden and they bloom each spring. After a few years I dig them up and the original bulb has a few smaller ones that have been sending out leaves. I allow them time to dry out and any soil falls away. I do gently snap off the babies. Next year ( February) I will plant them again. The babies I put in pots like you saw in the video. The other years I don't bother taking them up. I cut the leaves off during the summer as they get unsightly. As long as the leaves look healthy I leave them. I don't think trimming them is going to give you another bloom. 👩🌾👍
I live in central NY, and had Narcissus fly damage last summer by planting in the ground. I didn't know anything about them, but the larvae ate their way down to the basal plate, and up into the center of the bulb. Had no idea what the bulb fly looked like, until I started researching a couple of weeks ago. They are found nation wide, have you had any problems? My friend in FL didn't know anything about them either, and her's are in the ground year around.
Wow! That sounds like a real problem. I haven't heard of Narcissus Flies before. I've done the same routine for 15 years and had success. I sure hope you find a solution. Take care. 💗Peggy💗
You know, I can't say. I've never had a squirrel go after my bulbs. I'm in Central Florida and there's plenty of Oak trees with Acorns. Good luck where you live.
Hi Brenda, I just uploaded a new video a couple days ago. I plant bulbs about 1/3 to 1/2 exposed. I use fresh Potting soil and add Worm Castings. If I'm planting in the Garden I add a little Worm Castings in the hole. A general fertilizer would give them a good start. Thanks for watching and commenting My Friend ❤️
Your amaryllis are absolutely lovely! Do they get full sun all day? I'm in Florida 10b, and I'm considering putting my amaryllis in the ground, but I fear it may be too warm down here.
Hi Elisa, 10b sounds like Ft. Lauderdale area. I've had mine in both pots and ground here in Central Florida. I guess you could try planting one in the ground and see. You might find they bloom early Spring. Mine bloom in March and April. Good luck 👍
I'm in southern Arizona and I have mine outside in pots under my mesquite tree so they get filtered shade, protection from the inferno each summer. I buy bulbs at the holidays, let them bloom, then after the last frost they go outside. I have about fifteen, about nine different varieties, but some of my first ones are putting out pups like crazy. It takes about one to two years for the bulbs to recharge and rebloom, then they're pretty consistent bloomers every year in the spring. I do not force them into dormancy for rebloom at all, I pretty much let them do as they want. I only have them in pots and containers because when they bloom I can bring them inside as I'm bed bound and can't see them outside, also if we get a hard freeze. Plus my ground is very hard pan with caliche and it's like digging in cement. My caregivers have enough to do just watering and feeding the plants for me. I tell folks I garden by "remote control" nowadays...we do a video call, they show me the plants, I tell them how to care for them. It works pretty well. Pruning the roses was a real trip, the young lady didn't know a rosebush from a weed. Now she's getting an education and wants her own plants! This is kind of fun for me too.
@Donna Joyner Hi Donn, I'm getting up and saw your post. I'm glad to hear your Amaryllis are doing well. I just started Potting Up some bulbs yesterday for their Spring show. This will be the 16th time the original 5 are being The Stars of the Show! I uploaded a video two days ago on repotting bulbs and they are already showing signs of Life. I hope you have a wonderful weekend ❤️Peggy ❤️ Peggy Helbling's Garden What You've Got
If a bee brings pollen from a red amaryllis will it cause your Apple blossom to become a different color? I used to have beautiful big red blooms and now they are all smaller red blooms with a white stripe. I am also in zone 9. Some are in ground. Thanks for your advice.
Hi Kay, I've had the original 5 bulbs for 14 years and they've never changed colors. I must have lazy bees 🐝 😅 Thanks for watching and perhaps subscribing. I love having people subscribe who live close by. I'm in Windermere, near Disney. 🌿💚🌿
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 it didnt bloom last year so I was very upset so this year potted it back up and thought it could do with some sunshine. put it outside and came the next morning - the new flower bud was gone
Good morning Sahah, Amaryllis bulbs are not bulbs that you plant deep. They like about 1/3 of their bulb exposed about the ground. I have a few videos on planting Amaryllis. I live in Windermere, Florida zone 9b so it's getting to that time for planting my Amaryllis bulbs again. Where do you live?
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 I live in Stockton, California. My zip code includes both zone 9a and 9b. I have a lot of amaryllis bulbs. I would like to plant them in my front yard. I was wondering what depth is best to encourage them to come back every year and multiply. Thank you for your video. It was very helpful for me. 🙂❤️
@Sarah Yarrington Hi Sarah, I have several bulbs that stay in my garden year-round. I can see a good inch or two of the bulbs poking above ground level. I use the same rule for potting. I started out with 5 bulbs in 2008 and now I have almost one hundred.
Thank you for sharing. It has been so difficult to find any videos on people who are planting their amaryllis in the ground.
Hi Nicole,
Tell me more about your garden. Zone, light, etc❤️🌸❤️
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Wonderful Amaryllis. I just moved to Florida and brought my Amaryllis with me. I noticed a neighbor had theirs outside, so I brought mine out and they are looking so good. I will be planting them in the garden since they do very well outside here.
Hi Lydia,
Welcome to Florida. I'm in Central Florida and my bulbs thrive.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you again soon ❤️🪷❤️
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I really appreciate it 👩🌾👍
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Everything is coming alive! It’s looking beautiful!!
Thanks Rob🌿💚🌿
2 years ago! Wow!
Time flies 👍
my amaryllis is about 20 years old. This is the first time I have 6 blooms, 5 blooms a few months ago, but was normally 4 blooms. Each bloom is 7" across, the stalk is 4' long, the leaves about 5' long, and the bulb is about 12" diameter. The color is dark red. it is in a pot, I never cut the leaves. I do not fertilize it. It is always in doors. I need to repot it to a bigger 20" pot and take off the new bulbs. I do use a large tomato cage to help keep the leaves and stalk up. It might not be eye pleasing, but this is a very long experiment that I am doing - which is letting the plant do what it knows how to grow and never cut back or cut anything. I let the stalk dry out normally.
Thanks for writing David. Your bulbs sounds like a real beast! The size is amazing. This Spring is the 17th time the original 5 have bloomed for me.
Take care and Happy Spring.
Everything looks so beautiful and I love seeing all the green.. have a fantastic day Peggy
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What beautiful colors.
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Your amaryllis are spectacular! It sounds like you have a water feature nearby. I love the sound of water in a garden!
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I have a small fountain in both front and back yards. Thanks Sandra 💓
nice flowers.,,,nice to see your gardening activities...
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Your amaryllis is beautiful!
Thanks Elizabeth 💓 I just started more bulbs that I hope beginning blooming in May.
I have that same amaryllis and it just bloomed beautifully. I cut two stems and gave them to my mom. I’m going to divide them after blooming is complete.
Hi Karen, I started with 5 bulbs in 2008 and I have about 100 now, just from Separating the pups every couple years. I did unload a video about 5 weeks ago.
Peggy, Amaryllis Queen!
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Beautiful amaryllis. I live in zone 9b in Redlands California. I bought several amaryllis bulbs last November. I had beautiful flowers. After blooming I planted most of them in the ground. I mixed potting soil with chicken manure and compost. I hope they grow and multiply like yours. We are having a lot of rain should I cover them? Thank you and have a blessed day.
During the summer months we have rain almost daily. I've never covered mine. I do have a few videos on my Amaryllis. I don't have a Playlist, but usually make a video each Spring.
Thanks for visiting, Marie, I hope you'll come back again soon ❤️
Look at all the GREEN….everything is WHITE here! I bit your soil is very RICH!…. Amaryllis are very nice…like the pink and white colours.
I know you could grow these bulbs in pots in your house. They aren't just for Christmas and when you plant them in pots is when they take off.
It's when they are in the ground that they emerge at Spring.
Thanks for watching, Garry.
Your amaryllis are gorgeous. I also live in zone 9b but in Deep South Texas. I planted my bulb in the ground back in Spring. I am wondering if you cut the foliage back to get it to bloom?
Hi Rebecca, I do cut my Amaryllis leaves back as they begin to fall over. I've never had them winter over and still look good.
January and February are cool here and we might get a near freeze. First part of March I see that little green "tongue" sticking out of the bulb and signaling that it's ready to put on a show for another Spring! Every year since 2008.
Good luck and I hope you'll visit my channel again soon 💗
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 so the foliage is still green and you cut it all at once, right? How short do you cut it?
Mine are planted in the ground. I never cut the green foliage, and they bloom naturally. (I only remove dead leaves). I think they need to get sun on the leaves for energy for blooms. So plant in a full sun to partial sun location.
I am in zone 7b and would need to dig the bulbs up each fall. I have wanted to try planting in the ground. But my question is how long do the blooms last in the ground? My inside amaryllis in pots only bloom about seven or eight days before dying off. Not sure this is worthwhile or not to try planting in ground. Thanks for a nice video.
Thanks for watching. I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you. In zone 9b I can grow them in the Garden and in pots and I usually get a couple weeks out of each.
7b...I would stick with indoors. Sorry.
I hope you will visit again.
I am in Central FL and put them in the ground this spring. They are doing well, but I was wondering if you could prune to make them rebloom or just leave them?
Hi Debbie, I'm in Windermere so we must be close. I have several planted in the Garden and they bloom each spring.
After a few years I dig them up and the original bulb has a few smaller ones that have been sending out leaves. I allow them time to dry out and any soil falls away. I do gently snap off the babies. Next year ( February) I will plant them again. The babies I put in pots like you saw in the video. The other years I don't bother taking them up.
I cut the leaves off during the summer as they get unsightly. As long as the leaves look healthy I leave them. I don't think trimming them is going to give you another bloom. 👩🌾👍
First let's talk about your plumeria! Is yours in the ground? What area do you live in? I've never seen anyone have a bigger one than me❤
Hi Jenny, My Plumeria have been in the ground for about 14 years. I live in Windermere, Florida zone 9b
Do you wrap it for winter?
@@jennyh8392 I did the 1st couple years, but you can see that the trees are over 10 feet and would be a nightmare to cover
Thank you again. You are an inspiration! Keep up the good work of sharing your passion ❤
@jennyh8392 thank Jenny ❤️
I live in central NY, and had Narcissus fly damage last summer by planting in the ground. I didn't know anything about them, but the larvae ate their way down to the basal plate, and up into the center of the bulb. Had no idea what the bulb fly looked like, until I started researching a couple of weeks ago. They are found nation wide, have you had any problems? My friend in FL didn't know anything about them either, and her's are in the ground year around.
Wow! That sounds like a real problem.
I haven't heard of Narcissus Flies before. I've done the same routine for 15 years and had success. I sure hope you find a solution. Take care.
💗Peggy💗
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 thank you, it seems many people haven't, talking to them in groups. DIdn't mention your garden area is beautiful too!
@@jessicaeiss2541 Oh Jessica, that's so nice of you to say. I'm always fighting the weeds for space 😂
Do squirrels like the bulbs to eat
You know, I can't say. I've never had a squirrel go after my bulbs. I'm in Central Florida and there's plenty of Oak trees with Acorns. Good luck where you live.
Hi. Thanks for sharing.
How deep do you plant your amaryllis bulbs? Do you use any bulb boost in the planting holes? TIA
I'm in zone 8b south MS.
Hi Brenda, I just uploaded a new video a couple days ago. I plant bulbs about 1/3 to 1/2 exposed. I use fresh Potting soil and add Worm Castings. If I'm planting in the Garden I add a little Worm Castings in the hole. A general fertilizer would give them a good start. Thanks for watching and commenting My Friend ❤️
Your amaryllis are absolutely lovely! Do they get full sun all day? I'm in Florida 10b, and I'm considering putting my amaryllis in the ground, but I fear it may be too warm down here.
Hi Elisa, 10b sounds like Ft. Lauderdale area. I've had mine in both pots and ground here in Central Florida. I guess you could try planting one in the ground and see. You might find they bloom early Spring. Mine bloom in March and April.
Good luck 👍
I'm in southern Arizona and I have mine outside in pots under my mesquite tree so they get filtered shade, protection from the inferno each summer. I buy bulbs at the holidays, let them bloom, then after the last frost they go outside. I have about fifteen, about nine different varieties, but some of my first ones are putting out pups like crazy. It takes about one to two years for the bulbs to recharge and rebloom, then they're pretty consistent bloomers every year in the spring. I do not force them into dormancy for rebloom at all, I pretty much let them do as they want. I only have them in pots and containers because when they bloom I can bring them inside as I'm bed bound and can't see them outside, also if we get a hard freeze. Plus my ground is very hard pan with caliche and it's like digging in cement. My caregivers have enough to do just watering and feeding the plants for me. I tell folks I garden by "remote control" nowadays...we do a video call, they show me the plants, I tell them how to care for them. It works pretty well. Pruning the roses was a real trip, the young lady didn't know a rosebush from a weed. Now she's getting an education and wants her own plants! This is kind of fun for me too.
@Donna Joyner Hi Donn, I'm getting up and saw your post. I'm glad to hear your Amaryllis are doing well. I just started Potting Up some bulbs yesterday for their Spring show. This will be the 16th time the original 5 are being The Stars of the Show! I uploaded a video two days ago on repotting bulbs and they are already showing signs of Life.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend
❤️Peggy ❤️
Peggy Helbling's Garden What You've Got
If a bee brings pollen from a red amaryllis will it cause your Apple blossom to become a different color? I used to have beautiful big red blooms and now they are all smaller red blooms with a white stripe. I am also in zone 9. Some are in ground. Thanks for your advice.
Hi Kay,
I've had the original 5 bulbs for 14 years and they've never changed colors. I must have lazy bees 🐝 😅
Thanks for watching and perhaps subscribing. I love having people subscribe who live close by. I'm in Windermere, near Disney. 🌿💚🌿
That’s great news they’ve never changed. Thank you so much. I just subscribed. Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@kayBTR Awesome, thanks 💓
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Thanks Romelia for watching and commenting 💓
En français, merci😂😂
Thanks for watching and commenting. So nice to see your message in French.
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Mine got eaten by snails 😭😭
Oh, I am sorry 😞
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 it didnt bloom last year so I was very upset so this year potted it back up and thought it could do with some sunshine. put it outside and came the next morning - the new flower bud was gone
@minnokhan1064 that's terrible
Do you plant the Amaryllis bulbs a foot deep?
Good morning Sahah,
Amaryllis bulbs are not bulbs that you plant deep. They like about 1/3 of their bulb exposed about the ground. I have a few videos on planting Amaryllis. I live in Windermere, Florida zone 9b so it's getting to that time for planting my Amaryllis bulbs again. Where do you live?
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 I live in Stockton, California. My zip code includes both zone 9a and 9b. I have a lot of amaryllis bulbs. I would like to plant them in my front yard. I was wondering what depth is best to encourage them to come back every year and multiply. Thank you for your video. It was very helpful for me. 🙂❤️
@Sarah Yarrington Hi Sarah, I have several bulbs that stay in my garden year-round. I can see a good inch or two of the bulbs poking above ground level. I use the same rule for potting. I started out with 5 bulbs in 2008 and now I have almost one hundred.
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Thank you so much. So when you initially plant the Amaryllis bulbs, an inch is above ground?
@Sarah Yarrington That sounds pretty good 1-2 inches exposed 👍