Description
Amaryllis produces huge, brilliant flowers, bloom in winter and to add a bright splash of tropical color to your garden.
These plants are perennial herbaceous bulbous plants. They generally have large fleshy bulbs. It is a plant with strap-shaped, glossy, green leaves and producing few large funnel-shaped flowers on a stout stalk, from March-May.
Leaves appear at the end of the flowering season and die out before the winter and flower stalks will develop in the fall.| Common Name | Amaryllis |
| Height | Up to 60 cm |
| Flower Colour | Any Color |
| Bloom Time | Spring |
| Difficulty Level | Easy to grow |
Amaryllis planting procedure:
- Planting season of bulbs is in summer or early winter
- Dig a hole about three times as deep as the height of the bulb
- Set the bulb in the hole, pointy end up, then cover with soil and press firmly
- Space bulbs 8 to 10 inches apart
- Water thoroughly after planting
- Use the potting mix for bulb plantation as Garden soil + Compost + Perlite + Sand (2:2:1:1) Soil + Cocopeat + vermicompost (2:1:2)
| Sunlight | Full to partial sunlight |
| Watering | Moderately |
| Soil | Well-drained sandy loam soil |
| Temperature | 20 to 35 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer. |
Care:
- Water a plant when the soil feels dry to touch.
- Water thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering for the winter & rainy season.
- Try to water the plants in the morning around 8-10am.
- Avoid waterlogged soil.
- Reduce watering in the winter.
- You should remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and throw in the garbage collector.
- You should fertilize a plant at planting time and growing season.
- Mulch the potting mix with organic material.
Amaryllis Lily special feature
Attractive Flowers
Amaryllis Lily uses
- This plant is very suitable for planting in border, shrubbery and in a pot.
- The amaryllis lily is mainly used for ornamental purpose in garden, terrace, balcony, patio, etc.
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