Article: AMARYLLIS, PROPERLY CHILLED, WILL RETURN IN ALL ITS BEAUTY.(At Home)

Byline: Lee Reich Associated Press

Reconsider how you handle that dramatic holiday bloomer, the potted amaryllis.

OK, so you brought home your fat amaryllis bulb, or it arrived in the mail last fall. If that bulb was out of soil, it should have at least had some fleshy roots still attached. Without those roots, the flower bud seated deep within the bulb will either never appear or else make a poor showing.

An amaryllis bulb needs to be grown in potting soil, not water, as some people suggest. Amaryllis roots, in contrast to those of hyacinth, which is often grown successfully in water, need plenty of air. Amaryllis roots will rot in water. ...

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