The Brown-Thumbed Gardener Strikes Again! My Christmas Amaryllis Project Part 2

By PAgirl63
September 18, 2016

On January 24, 2015, I had an article published about growing Amaryllis flowers from bulbs that were encased in wax. I thought you might like to know how things turned out.

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Sep 17, 2016 9:14 PM CST
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Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Jane, that is so nice that your patience and determination paid off. It is a beautiful flower!
May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown
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Sep 18, 2016 7:35 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
See you in the funny papers!
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Nice overview! And just in time to remind me to pull my Amaryllis from the garden. (but it is hard to deny them some more time to grow)
Plant it and they will come.
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Sep 18, 2016 10:17 AM CST
Name: Christie
Central Ohio 43016 (Zone 6a)
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So good to hear that you rescued you bulbs from certain death! I tip my hat to you.
Plant Dreams. Pull Weeds. Grow A Happy Life.
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Sep 18, 2016 12:36 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Great job PAgirl63! Thumbs up Thumbs up Thumbs up
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Sep 18, 2016 7:01 PM CST
Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F
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I agree
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
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Sep 19, 2016 4:32 AM CST
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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I can never get them to rebloom for Xmas.
Thanks for demonstrating that it can be done.
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