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Article: Miniature amaryllis for winter color: They bear more blooms than giant kinds.(Brief Article)
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- Sunset
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- December 1, 2001
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If giant amaryllis are the tubas in the flowering bulb band, miniature amaryllis are the French horns. The large-flowered amaryllis we're used to seeing at this time of year carry huge blossoms--8 and even 10 inches across. By comparison, miniature amaryllis flowers are only one-third as wide. Yet what these smaller blooms lack in breadth they make up for in volume. Miniature kinds not only put out more flowers per stem than their bigger cousins but produce more stems, which tend to come one at a time, so you get a long performance from each bulb.
While large-flowered kinds can look rather stiff and formal, miniature amaryllis, with their wavy blooms, have a ...