More Amaryllis to end the year!

they are very pretty Balcony. Some of mine have thrown up 2 sets of flowers this year too. perhaps what happened to them last year is the reason.

Fabulous. Thank you for sharing them with us all.

That is some collection.is there room for you to live in the house as well.lol

Balcony those bulbs are amazing - well done - wishing you and your a happy new year - Jane

Hi Balcony...
you work very hard on your plants with amazing results.
Happy gardening to you in 2017 !

It's wonderful to have so many that you've grown yourself. You keep good records of them too.

Thanks for your lovely comments & your wishes for this coming year! :-))

I'd also like to wish you, & all who post or visit GoY, a wonderful year ahead in your gardens & with your families & friends. Happy New Year to all on GoY! :-))

Yes, Sbg, what happens to them the year before determines the results the following season! That's why it is so important to look after them well! The same goes for any bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers. They store up energy in their organs to use the following year. If they are well fed & we meet all their conditions they will always reward us with a great display the following season.

Glad you liked them, Diane! They are as easy to grow & get to flower the following year as a Daffodil (minus the freezing conditions of course! LOL! :-)) )

Brian, we just about manage to squeeze ourselves in! LOL! :-D)

Thank you, Jane! I'm just very happy to share my plants with anyone who takes a moment to look at them! :-))

Thank you also for your kind wishes for the year that is just getting under way! :-)) I, too, wish you & your family the very best during this coming year. I look forward to reading your blogs & to seeing your photos as well!

Hi TT. Hope you had a great Christmas with your faithful team of gardeners! LOL! I thank you for your wonderful comment as well & I'm very happy that you like to see my plants!

I wish you a MUCH happier year in your garden & with your wonderful helpers who make us smile a lot as well as they make you smile. Happy gardening during 2017. I look forward to seeing your blogs & the "antics" of your lovely helpers!

Thanks, Hywel.

I think the interesting part of Brian's blogs is the kitchen table. He keeps them in draught free conditions
in a good light. I have moved plants around my flat this winter. When they are in their right place they start growing. The window sill is alright for some plants, and bulbs. My Peace Lily drooped with misery on the north facing window sill, so I moved it below onto the draining board.
It immediately sent up new shoots, as if to say " This is
right. I am happy here ".

Balcony, I have been given one in a box this week which I have planted and I have one from last year that I lay on its side to dry over the summer and have now replanted. The bulbs look good........no sign of leaves. Is it too late?

Actually the new one is showing a tip, fingers crossed.

Lovely plants! We have ours upstairs in one of the bedrooms and are a bit of a bone of contention. Like orchids they seem to spend a long time doing nothing! Then, of course, they win everyone over with a show of colour.

Signs of life in ours now at long last so they can be brought downstairs.

Linda some of mine don't flower until May and 2 have not lost last years leaves yet as I continued to water and feed them through the summer/autumn.
It is not too late for them so don't worry, they will still do ok. but give them a good feed once leaves develop.

Thanks Seaburngirl. I have had a flower on the first one and that encouraged me to keep it going. The bulb is green but no leaf yet. The new one has a leaf appear in less than a week of me planting it. I can wait.

Wonderfull Balcony!

Happy 2017, God bless you and family!

It's good to hear you have a new bulb, Linda! Don't worry about the leaves they will come out in their due time! I've been growing them & getting them to flower year after year since I was given the first bulb for Christmas waaaayyy back in 1981! Like you I had no idea how to look after it or if I could even get it to flower a 2nd time - now look at me!

Just keep your bulb in a light, warm place & only water the compost very little. Remember they have no roots to start with & will often flower with no roots at all! They get all their energy from the bulb itself. This of course leaves them in a very weakened state till the leaves begin to grow. Only when the leaves are growing should you increase their water intake.

Amaryllis can flower before the leaves appear or after or in between - that is they can grow & flower at any stage of leaf development. Just keep your plant frost free & it will grow when it is good & ready.

Just today I've discovered that at least 5 of my bulbs have buds just coming out of the necks of the bulbs & so I gave them a little water. I normally wait till after Christmas before watering them. Just like Daffodils they need 3 months of rest when they should be kept dry & frost free. Don't worry about leaves - during the winter they may or may not die down but in any case they should be given a rest period if you want them to flower the following year.

They are as easy to get to flower the following year as are Daffs. There is no "mystique" - I do nothing special - I've explained in other blogs & many times in comments about how to look after them so they will flower in future years.

They sometimes surprise me even after so many years of growing them! Like the Amaryllis Anglo-American that flowered twice in a few short months at the end of the year when all its siblings flowered in the spring last year though none had more than one scape!

Thanks Aleyna for the New Year wishes & I desire the same for you & your family as we as all the other members of GoY.

If you need any more advice you are most welcome to ask & I will do my best to explain & help you get the best out of your Amaryllis plants! The same goes for anyone reading my blogs on Amaryllis. Write to me in the comments or send me a PM. I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. :-))

Thank you for all this wonderful information David I had one as a Christmas present and wasn't sure how to treat it ,watering etc. so this is a good start for me ... Happy New Year :o)

Your welcome,Amy, if I can be on ant further assistance you know I'm only too happy to oblige!

Just this week I've discovered at least 8 bulbs with buds just peeking out of the necks of the bulbs! Some are not even in pots but just dry bulbs in paper bags that I have had hibernating!

If anybody would like a bulb or two just PM me your request with your address & I will see about sending them off! The bulbs will already have a bud peeking out of the neck so you are guaranteed 100% a flower this year!

As they are my seedlings they have not got names & I can't promise what colour you will get - other than it will be red, pink, red with varying degrees of white or white with varying degrees of red!

Some will have a star others will have varying degrees of red or white veining. Just check out my blogs & you will see the great variety I have!

Balcony, I loved the photos, and did not see your wonderful blog until today, Feb 18. I am behind schedule most of the time, or occasionally ahead. Very annoying,but I am old. One last question, when the Amaryllis is having the "rest" should I keep it where? In a dark,cool place, obviously in the same pot? I have hooked a few more that are interested in the idea of leaving them in their pots...
I cannot believe all you have accomplished with these all on a balcony!

Thanks for your kind comments, Wells!

While your Amaryllis is resting it doesn't seem to bother them whether they are in the light or dark. Just keep them dry & cool for 3 months & they will start to send up buds as soon as they are good& ready!

For many years, till they increased so much I couldn't keep them as before, they spent all winter in the windows of our two bedrooms & the kitchen. I even used to give them a little water from time to time till I found out they are happy to be kept dry all winter. The windows are all double glazed so they never get frosted no matter how low the temps maybe outside.

We rarely open the radiators below the bedroom windows so they get no supplemental heat yet they continue to flourish there!

Thank you, B. You have made it simple and apparently works. I don't have a balcony but have some other places that I will squirrel them away. I just love the shot of the ones on the living room table. What fun!

Well our Amaryllis bloomed but they were over so quickly this year that for the first time my OH wondered aloud if they were worth keeping in the house for so long.

Have to admit I would be glad to see the back of them! So there!!

Thanks, Wells :-))

Eirlys, I understand how you feel! Don't imagine that I don't feel the same at times! I have probably close on a 100 bulbs all at different stages from full dormancy to post flowering! Some flowers last up to several weeks while others seem to be over in a week or so! Then you most often have to wait year for them to flower again!

Imagine then having around 100 pots of them with their long leaves all summer! I thought I was going to have a lot of trouble with them this coming summer. For the last 8/9 years I had taken them down to my friend Gerry's allotment for 6 months but as he has now given his allotments back to the Town Council I thought I would have nowhere to put them this summer but he has since told me that I can take them round to his house. He has a big garden & the shelves I used to use on his allotment he has put in his garden so I can put the pots there! :-))

Well...
You are the master of Balcony's gardeners :)
Wonderful flowers

Thank you, Aleyna! I wouldn't say that as there are probably others out there that have better balcony gardens than me!

I don't go in for competitions as I only garden for my own satisfaction & if I please others at the same time - well, all good & well!