How to get an Encore from your Amaryllis

very useful information for the many on Goy who grow them.

Thanks for the info .... I will have to buy another plant at Christmas time.... see if I can get it to keep going... :)

Thankyou Balcony, I was successful last year lets hope for the same later this year....

Interesting. Thanks for sharing the information :)

Clever you Dave, how are you getting on with your photos?

Glad everyone found this information useful. They are not nearly as difficult to grow as many people seem to think & the information I copied to here is basically the same as what I usually do.

As I tell people, they are as easy to grow as Daffodils!

The very last of my Amaryllis growing at home finished flowering a few days ago & I've since taken it down to the allotment where it has now joined the rest of its companions to spend the summer outdoors & get some useful sunlight.

I needed this information and was about to Google it.....thanks Balcony.

You are more than welcome, Linda! :-)) I have posted a lot of blogs on Amaryllis so before looking anywhere else you might like to check them out as they are all based on first hand experience.

If you need any help with your Amaryllis at any time please don't hesitate to get in touch with me & I'll do my best to help you. Even if I can't resolve your doubts perhaps I can find the answer for you on the Internet.

Less than a week ago I discovered another Amaryllis was throwing up a scape (flowering stem) but was bent over a little from being on a lower shelf on some shelving behind the greenhouse on Gerry's allotment. I discovered the shelving unit had a broken leg so I had to remove ALL the pots which was when I discovered the plant with a scape. If I hadn't have had to shift them it could have been a few weeks before I found a flower trying to open. I've now moved it to the greenhouse where it will get lots of light & protection from the elements. There is another one there that is coming to the end of its blooming period. I've now had Amaryllis in bloom continuously from January 1st to August 1st! :-))

I was in the greenhouse, down on Gerry's allotment this evening & saw that the Amaryllis that I had put in there a few days earlier with a bent scape had now straightened out & I saw that it will be one of the all red ones. A part of the sheath had split & therefore allowed me to see the colour a few days earlier than would have otherwise been the case. :-))