amaryllis

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• Among the most commonly forced bulb flowers are amaryllis, paper-white narcissus, muscari and hyacinths.
• And some of the oxalis tribe yield great returns; and cyclamens are exquisite and expensive; and the amaryllis is doubly ditto, ditto; and ixias, and many more are to be grown, if you have room, money, or opportunity. Gardening by Myself
• With my office covered in amaryllis and tulips, I've been grinning all day long! Spring is Springing!
• I used to be highly suspicious of amaryllis, or, to give them their correct name, hippeastrum. Times, Sunday Times
• One the 17 th century, the missionary brought the Southern Hemisphere's new discovery - the amaryllis bulbs into Taiwan.
• Here are just a few: piece in the Guardian Weekend last Saturday championing the delights of amaryllis (aka hippeastrum) as an indoor winter bloom. Life and style | guardian.co.uk
• For amaryllis, allow the bulbs to dry out from mid-August through mid-November, then water and feed to promote bloom.
• Himera, the galingale hummed over by the bees, and the pine that dropped her cones, and Amaryllis in her cave, and Bombyca with her feet of carven ivory. Letters to Dead Authors
• Some bulbs, such as amaryllis and paperwhites, can readily be brought into flower in time for the winter holidays if you start about five or six weeks in advance.
• Fertilize amaryllis regularly during the growth cycle starting one month after planting (when active growth is underway).