I was given an Amaryllis for Christmas about three years ago. And I was too lazy to open the box and plant it. Weeks later I finally opened the box and found a tiny shrivelled plant - little leaves, little dried up flower, dried out bulb. I felt so guilty I immediately planted it and belatedly nurtured it. Nothing much happened, except a few leaves here and there. But now - EASTER - and I have two lovely blooms. I'm amazed how tough they are.

I planted my bulb out side in the garden and dug it out in October. It had produced really large leaves in a big fan over the summer. The bulb had long rots on it. I shook off all the soil, put it in my cold closet in a paper bag but forgot to get it out until April! It had a bloom bud, I cut off a lot of the roots so it fit in my pot, and a month later, I have several large leaves and six blooms! So beautiful.

LAURA! I knew nothing about these and watched your Amaryllis video's 2 weeks ago which made me REALLY want to give them a try. Unknowingly, my neighbor left me an Amaryllis gift at my front door yesterday! Thanks to her AND YOU I am delighted to get started on my first giant Amaryllis bulb!!!!

I found feeding my Amaryllis cold BLACK tea while it is in bloom excellent , it produced eleven blooms in all from January until now !

I had a double white Amaryllis that was supposed to be pink and white stripes and I got it from Walmart of all places. It did extremely well and I ended up with 15 huge blooms.

I live in North AL zone 7. Each fall, I buy an amaryllis kit and enjoy its blooms. First warm days - which can be March - I plant the bulb in the ground. Of course we have cool days and even frost afterwards. I’ve been doing this for years. Each May I’m rewarded with blooms! I was gifted 3 this year. I’m waiting on a warm day to put them in the ground.

TIP: Cut white styrofoam packaging material to fit the bottom of your pot to help with drainage and keep dirt from exiting drain hole. The when you stake your tall flowering stalks, your stake will hold easily and Firmly in the styrofoam.

Received my first Amaryllis as a gift for Valentine's Day. In just a few days it bloomed 6 flowers on one stalk. The second stalk is growing super fast! Two of the flowers began to wither and I was scared to cut them but your videos are super helpful. Thanks.

I was given 4 pots of these beauties a few years ago and I'm just Now finding the name of this species!!! Mine just started blooming a week ago! They Never Die!!!

Everyone said it takes 6 to 8 weeks for these to bloom but I bought a bulb at Walmart and started watering it. It bloomed within 14 days! She's beautiful! Kinda like a peachy red striped one. So beautiful!

I was given this plant in an apartment, and it bloomed so beautifully. Thanks for such a helpful video, I'm excited to try and care for my little bulb and see if it'll keep blooming. I did let it produce all of its seeds though, and gave them to a super avid gardener I know to see if she could maybe produce more buds in a few years.

My friend brought me a Redlion bulb and we planted in a pot in October. I did everything as I should do. My plants are under Grow light. The plant shooted up and today - Christmas day I have one flower in full bloom, the other one will bloom tomorrow. There are small ones are coming up! I am so thrilled and plan to take a photo and send it to my friend! Thankyou for your explanation. Excellent and I subscribed to your channel. I am in Ottawa - the coldest city of Canada 🍁 🍁 😊

Yes, they live in the ground here in Austin, Texas (zone 8). They bloom later than Xmas.

Mind bloom and got 12 big flowers in one season I’m so blessed and happy ♥️♥️♥️

Here in Louisiana they grow like a weed. I cannot kill them.... for me that’s rare. Lol I received my bulbs from my grandma. Some of my plants are about 15 to 16 years old.

This was exactly what I needed to learn thank you! I've got two of these in very different life stages but they're doing so well because they're so tolerant and easy to care for. Your pearl one is gorgeous.

I'm in zone 9, So CA. We have several planted outdoors, and in April, their Normal season, the show is amazing! They get morning sun, southern exposure, for a few hours. I still have my potted favorites so I get Christmas too

So happy to find this video. I got my first one this Christmas and am loving it. All because of you I have these great experiences

This is the most informative Amaryllis care video out there - thank you!

I recieved an amaryllis for a gift. How impressive it was watching it grow then bloom, now just these huge stems. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to enjoying it forever and trying the dorminacy period.👍

This was my first year with Amaryllis. I did great! I bought my stuff from Burpee and all bloomed and did great. When they came I googled and found your video series and followed your instructions. So have to give credit to you- not only do you know your stuff, but you are an easy to follow instructor. You just saved these 3 bulbs and painful death - I was thinking of just cutting it all down foliage and all and expecting them to regrow later. Glad I came here first! THANKS!

Zone 8b here they do well in the ground and they multiply. They'll bloom in spring for weeks and I just follow the same care that you advised. Thanks Laura. Happy New Year!

First week in September 2020. I have been following this advise from Laura for two years now and I find my Amaryllises come back every years so far. Thank You Laura🌸

I have been doing this routine, except I cut off all the greens in early September, clean off the bulbs , and store in paper bags in the basement, starting them again around NOV 1ST. I always get new leaves and I get new flowers about 75% of the time. I don't like the way the leaves look, and in late spring, early summer, hide the pots in spots around my garden. I am in Zone 7, but last year I was surprised to discover one blooming among a bed of ivy. I didn't plant it, but probably threw an anemic looking bulb in the bed. Sometimes nature is a better gardener than me.

I simply allow my amaryllis to dry in late October by removing from the soil and drying in brown paper. Cut the dead foliage off, repot and it blooms reliably EVERY year. Then, when blooms are done, I repot and put outside after last frost as a patio plant. Repeat in October.

damn her hair looks AMAZING. (it had to be said)

Planted one outside here in southern Ontario, Canada. Zone 6b. Leaves died in the winter, of course, but the bulb not only survived, it had a baby and 2 came up in the spring :). Also I never do the dormancy thing. It reblooms every November/December without it, just be prepared for a bit of leaf madness, they never stop elongating :)

Absolutely loved your video!I bought my first amaryllis bulb and it is the deep, dark red. I bought it and planted it ,so it would be ready for Christmas. It bloomed eight big, huge flowers. It was absolutely stunning! It got very tall and ended up tipping over which made me cry! I had set it in a window, and it just thrived there! I pruned it back, and now I am waiting for it to possibly bloom again the stocks are very beautiful green! I’m going to see what it does before I put it into hibernation.

An Amaryllis Story: In December 2020 I gave an Amaryllis growing kit to my 87 year old neighbor who was ill and quite home-bound during the pandemic. She was struggling greatly with her health, and I wanted so much for her to be able to watch an Amaryllis grow and bloom in her home to bring some of nature's life and color back to her indoor world. For whatever reason, the Amaryllis bulb I gave my friend grew, but never bloomed. She and I were a bit disappointed, however, good things were to come! Christmas 2020 passed and the months went by, and then in May 2021 my friend made her transition and passed away. I missed her dearly! So when Christmas came again I asked my hubby for an Amaryllis kit to grow in honor of Mary Lu. I put the bulb in the fridge for a month prior to planting it in soil mixed with pearlite. Well, let me tell you, this Amaryllis brought me so much joy! It not only grew two strong stalks, but it gave SEVEN gorgeous, red blooms that catch the light of the sun with incredible vibrancy! Mary Lu clearly had decided, from the other side, to help this Amaryllis out and bless my socks off! Thank you Mary Lu, for the most beautiful Amaryllis I have ever had the pleasure of growing in my home! ❤️ I will remember you always! I hope you are growing all the flowers you want in heaven, and that they are always blooming!

Pick up one of theses 2 weeks ago at Aldi. Thing is growing like crazy and I’m expecting blooms soon. Been searching around for care instructions because I have never grown one. Thanks for the info it really helps.

Just had the 1st bloom of 2 flowers on my amaryllis, a plant which was given to me 5 years ago. It's still in its original small basket and I know there are several new offshoot bulbs. I live in central FL and the plant resides on my pool deck in moderate sun. I am going to repot it and take much better care of it. I can't believe how beautiful the flowers are on it.

Once the bloom is over, I re pot them in a very large and deep pot usually 6 to 8 bulb per pot and put them outside like you and feed heavily. I bring them in September and continue to let them grow year round and the bulbs get huge. I have several big pots so I only let one pot go dormant per year and do as you do and the blooms are great.

I live in Zone 9 and my amaryllis lives on outdoors. Beautiful!

I am in zone 8 and did plant my amaryllis outside about three years ago! They did awesome!!

My amaryllis (I've had for over 10 yrs) last year bloomed twice, this time last year and again in the summer and I really worried it was it's last swansong, but even though I started it off about a week or 2 later, I'm getting a spike again! Thanks for a great video series, I think I might buy a few more varieties, as the one we have is Apple Blossom

I really enjoyed my Christmas Amaryllis plants over the last 12 weeks. I have three potted bulbs... red, white and pink. The blooms are very stunning... I love them! I have one white bloom left. I am in a zone 5, so I will follow your instructions to take the bulbs outside around mid May and bring back indoors in October. Thank you for sharing!

I bought mine back in 2016. It only a house plant for a few years. But I will try again this year. Thank you for your knowledge

I live in a warm subtropical climate but we can still sometimes get a degree of frost in winter. I leave mine in the pots outside (I got given two) and am just new to growing these! I put newspaper over them if frost is expected or feels like it. It is the moisture on the plants that freeze and the paper stops that!

I'm in zone 9 and leave my bulbs in the ground year round and I get blooms during Christmas and again in June / July. I just have to divide every 2 a 3 years regularly but what a surprise when they bloom a dinner plate size. Aside from the beauty of the blooms is that my yard is the only one in the neighborhood that does not have gophers. I read somewhere that the amaryllis puts out an odor that replies gophers so of course I planted to see if indeed it worked. I'm pleased to say that it does.

Watching this from the future, in 2021, hey Laura - you have 2 kids now!!!! 😀 ❤😃❤😄❤

First time working with amaryllis. Got one at Walmart end of November or early December for 4 bucks and figured I give it a try. Wish I bought more. Just added water and sun. Each day I seen it grow. It was fast! Within weeks it grew 2 feet with 1 stalk and 5 flowers came early January

I live in Tampa Fl. The bulb / tubular plants are excellent for this area, or even more south of me. My neighbor and I have these flowers along with other types of bulb / tubular. We NEVER have to pull them out. We leave them in the ground all year, great thing about our area. In the winter months, Dec Jan it can get very cold here some nights. They do fine, in fact this past winter we had some nights around 30 degrees. It did nothing to my plants. They don’t go dormant either, another great thing about my area . I’m adding this comment for those who may live in southern Florida. They are perfectly fine in complete full sun with no shade. Now that right there tells you a lot! We simply cannot grow flowers here, it’s extremely to hot and humid. But bulbs and tubes do awesome. Other flowers can be grown outside between Oct thru April / May. Once May hits, don’t waste your money. It irks me that Lowe’s don’t sell these types of plants. This year they have sold several colors of calla lilies. But they don’t do good in full sun, and are best as a houseplant. But can grow outside. The peace lily I’ve never had good luck with in the hot summer months outside. I’ve been experimenting for 20 years, growing flowers here, this is what I found works! Tomato plants... do NOT wait until March or later to plant. They will die and fast! Even in partial shade. My tomatoes grow wild from my plants from last year. I may buy a couple more from Lowe’s. Buy them in late fall up to Jan, no later than Feb. they won’t live. I’m from Missouri, gardening here is difficult, different and experimental at times. Our fall winter and spring seasons are the time to grow tomatoes. Vegetables just don’t do real good in our summer months, it’s simply to hot and humid. They have to be watered like every couple days, or they die!!

*Beautiful ~ thanks for your help! I don't think I knew that some people don't expect this flower to re-bloom! Mine is entering its third Christmas season,* and this past year, it actually bloomed twice (December-ish 2020 and the spring time 2021). As I reflect on it, my plant's 'dormancy' period was probably be 'ignoring' it on an indoor window ledge (facing the westside of my home that got lots of shade in the spring and summertime), with very infrequent watering. Not sure what effect this makes, but I also don't trim or cut the stalks, which grow all year long. I am now getting ready for it to bloom again ... around THIS Christmastime! Great content!!!♥

My amaryllis have frequently rebloomed without any dormancy period, but the flowers come around Easter, rather than at Christmas.

Had to check your video again on Amaryllises, live in zone 6a and found a surprise in our back area. When we moved in May the area was full of green leaves but nothing happened, they died back and disappeared. Then this weekend the tall stalks appeared and are now blooming, Amaryllises are a peach/pink.

We bought our first 2 this year and wow they are awesome. Thank you for video it helped since mine had bloomed.

I planted one about 6/7 years ago outside (zone 7b) and it blooms every year in late April to May.

I’m in south central Texas and mine return year after year in the ground and bloom spring through summer. I mulch that flower bed each spring. My favorite for sure!

I live in a zone 8. My parents has a couple of them in the yard. They are gorgeous when the bloom. They are not in bloom now because they have already bloomed. But if I remember I will take photos and send them to you.

Thank you so much!! I grow amaryllis for winter in memory of my mom. Now I know I can regrow the bulbs. Thanks again👍👍👍

Started watering a dried out pot with a old amaryllis bulb in it! It began to push up leaves and now a bulb spike has emerged and has started to stretch for the sky! Can't wait to see the blooms!😅

I lived in Singapore as an Expat for several years, i only see these pops up in the garden shops and nursery during Chinese New Year. I bought a bud today to see if i can get it to bloom. I'm a foliage person, but i'm excited to see if this works for me.

I am not really good with plants, but I was thrilled with the gift of my Amaryllis for Christmas. Finally finished with the blooming. So, I will see if I can follow your instructions to enjoy the bulb NEXT Christmas. Grateful for your advice.

Your one of my Favorite Mega Gardeners. 😍 Yes ,in zone 10a they do well and my babies do great in ground , I have clay soil [ but mixed in a bit of mircle grow soil ]feed them just enough water and they do Great . Some of them suffered last year when we had tons of rain because I have an area by my front door that gets an over flow of water , so they were miserable during 2021 Thanksgiving to Christmas season .

I live in the Houston Texas area and we had a 100 yr freeze this year of 14 degrees. night and 19 degrees day temps for 3 days. I was concerned about them as I do plant them in the ground with outstanding results and they came up and bloomed gloriously this Spring. They of course don't bloom at Christmas as it is cold here, but I always look for their early display. JFYI.

I have read so many articles/care guides on this but this is probably the best and most informative thing I've come across. 😄 All the articles talk about them blooming during summer and I'm like... But what if it's blooming in December what do I do then? Is "summer care" still valid for summer? 😆 This answered my questions, so thank you. Now I am a little more confident I can actually take care of my amaryllis after it's done blooming, even if it won't necessarily get to bloom next year. It hasn't bloomed yet since I bought it from the store about 10 days ago but I already decided then I wasn't just going to toss it after Christmas, that I would take up the challenge to try to get it to bloom again.

I just bought my first amaryllis this year thought how amazing it is that they don’t need water (perfect for someone like me with depression that often forgets) but it just finished flowering and I was thinking oh no how do I keep it growing 😭 this helped so much I now know how to care for my beautiful “gurdy” as I call her 🥰

I’m in north Florida. Zone 9A. Bought a house with these beauties. Didn’t know what sort of lilies they were so I broke up some clusters and planted them around the house. In less than a month I saw flower stalks. Didn’t know the name of the lilies and what they are until I saw the flowers and asked around. I plan to pot some and sell to raise $ to help my disabled daughter. Maybe get her started to earn some cash and do something that makes her happy. I’m sure it will help her depression as well. Thanks for all your very instructive videos. Short and to the point

Thank you for the informative video! I didn’t get any blooms last year, I will now fallow your care instructions. Please wish me luck😀

I just love to watch your videos! I enjoy them so much!! Stay safe, and keep the videos coming! Thanks so much for your time and effort to bring information to us all! :)

I’m in zone 7b:8a nc, my amaryllis are planted in the ground and they return every year and multiply at a great rate. They were transplanted from s.c.

Mine are in zone 9A in the ground planted in a shady area and they come back year after year. I do nothing to care for them.

I’m in zone 9a, mine are in the ground and multiple like rabbits. I cover them during the very few freezes we ever get and luckily they come back ablaze the next year.

Yes the do survive in higher zones. I have beautiful amaryllis plants in my front garden that start to bloom in the month of May.

They will live outside in zone 8B (southern Alabama), the leaves will stay green up until a freeze or 2 usually

I found here in FL what I'll call a will call a wild Amarillo,it always has 4 delicate but beautiful blooms per stalk,it comes back every year without any attention at all,the bulbs look alot like a huge Hershey's Kiss,wonderful show,I just subscribed!!

I do let mine make seed pods and grow the seeds. They are so cute.

Wow! I had NO idea.. I have amaryllis in the ground since 2013 in zone 8 and mine bloom at least twice a year and have multiplied to be all over my flower beds!!😊😊 thanks for all this info! Love your channel down here in Fairhope Alabama

I have three. I never give them aftercare. This past spring my oldest had two sets of blooms simultaneously. I just give them water all year long. The bulb on the oldest is 6-8 inches across.

Thank you for this video. I was given a bulb for Christmas and thought huh? But I looked after it and So pleased I got it. It grew so fast (3ft now) in just over a month and a half! Your video will help me look after it after the petals wilt. Just subscribed so I can get some more tips. Got into plants late but love them.

Thanks to your videos I have finally gotten my amaryllis to re-bloom. Thank you. I was hoping you might be able to do a video on what to do with all the babies I have gotten growing out the sides. Should I move them to their own pot? How many years will it take for them to bloom? etc, etc... If you have already done one, please let me know. Thank you again.

Yay! I asked a week or so ago how to take care of the bulbs after they had bloom. thank you so much!

I live in Zone 8 and have two amaryllis bulbs planted in the ground that have survived all year for four years. I do wrap the leaves if we get frozen precip, but otherwise they just do their thing and thrive, requiring very little attention.

Well I saw this video just in time. I have two that have never bloomed still in the box and I'm going to give it a whirl. Wish me luck!

Thanks so much for that detailed explanation of aftercare after flowering! Mine didn't even flower the first year I had it. Only several fronds (leaves). Let it stay dormant for about 6 months and it bloomed beautifully! Deep, dark and vibrant red blooms (4)! Great tips! Will have to check out your other videos! :D

I'm a zone 10 so I may put mine outside and see how it does. this is my first time growing these bulbs and I'm loving it. I was surprised by how tall they get...wow

Thank you for the Information, My Red Amaryllis is growing and it has 3 bulbs around her.. So after watching your video I have to clean her roots and do everything in the video, so I could have flowers later on.

Hey Laura we live in zone 8, (Coastal SC), all our amaryllis are in the ground and wish u could see them in bloom. We have about 12-15 white, red, candy-stripe flowers and when they all bloom my entire side walk is edged with them...from the front door to the drive-way. Most of them came from my late mom...my wife watches u all the time. I am the back, (Worker), and she is the master! My only place I get to rule is my vegetable garden. Lol 😆...take care...

Your videos are really crisp the cinematography is excellent.

This plant is my favourite one. I live in tropics, so it can grow all year long. And this plant can survive in heat and doesn't really need alot of water. Just put them in the ground and they will live

My zone 8 in-ground amaryllis overwinter with no problems!

I made the cages around my amaryllis like you had done in a previous video. While watering today, I noticed my “cages” red twig dogwood branches, are sprouting!

This is the first year I've purchased Amaryllis and Paperwhite bulbs. Fingers crossed!

My uncle lives out in the desert. He has amaryllis plants planted in a north facing planter where they get some morning sun but shade from the brutal afternoon sun. He places pistachio nut shells all around his plants. Don’t know if there’s something about those shells but his bulbs come up each and every year absolutely beautiful . Perhaps for decades.

I just watched your Christmas (Thanksgiving actually!) Cactus video & now I watched this cause I needed to know how to care for bulbs. Your videos were perfect! Thanks for all you do.

Nice, I have 2 bulbs of Amaryllis from a ggod swedish freind last Chrismas. Then I hve taken caee these Amaryllis well . Finnally Amaryllis flowers got beautiful flowers again from July to August - summer here in Stockholm - surprised for me too. Now I will begin for to store by your advice 6 weeks before Christmas Season will come. Good explainining! Thank you for your useful video regarding AMARYLLIS! Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 😇

Yup, I live zone 8 and they will live outside if planted in the ground. And they bloom in February for me

Thanks I needed that advice, I live in the UK & must admit generally I have dumped the bulb but not this time I'm going to try to keep them going x

I will sometimes plant mine in the soil outside , that seems to really increase the bulb size ! I pull them first part of September and store them until mid nov or so

Thank you,this will be my second year with the amaryllis plant,have someknew growth,just took her out,looks good,will let you know if she blooms again,appreciate your video,very helpful.

Thank you! Question: not having a basement, would a closet do for providing dormancy? The closet isn’t really COOL, but it is the best I have.

I live in zone 9 fl. I started with one bulb and I replanted it in a pretty big pot it bloomed for the last two years but this year I had six stalks and 6 flowers on each stalk. I let them bloom they were absolutely beautiful, now I have my 7th stalk coming up and the other 6 had died off so I cut them 1" above what I thought may have been the top of the bulb. They have always been outside and there still doing great.

Oh this is just perfect timing and helpful.

I live in zone 8 and always plant them outside in the spring.

Always remove the pollen from the blooms - even a bit can cause irreparable kidney failure in cats. Pollen makes a mess too, and I've heard removing it can prolong the bloom time.

I too have the double white as they are my fav. I loved them so much I purchased 12 last year but most didn't come back and none rebloomed this year. I treat them just as you do but only got a few leaves on just a couple but no blooms. Most didn't even get leaves again. I was super disappointed.

In Southern California they are planted in the ground all over my neighbor and they grow every year. They look beautiful

You just saved my poor heart. I thought I cut my Mary’s (I named her lol) stalk too soon and almost cried. Also, I was worried about Amy (my other baby) she hasn’t began to grow a new stalk. Of course I’ll keep loving her but now I kno to give her extra love, follow the same sleep routine and try again next year. Thank you🥰💕

yup we grow them in the ground here in zone 8 but I've even heard of people having success in zone 7.

I just came across your videos & I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU!!! This is my first year gardening, and everything I touch turns so beautiful! How do you post pictures? I just bought my first Amaryllis plant and it is doing GREAT & would love to show it off to ya! Much Admiration, East Texan Newbie Gardener!