This week I managed to make time to re-pot my collection of amaryllis
bulbs. . . . . after popping a couple of xtra strength Tylenol for pain relief!
I knew bending over a huge bag of fresh potting soil, and washing out the
old pots, would be hard with my ongoing back issue.
I like to give these now old bulbs a clean start annually. Next spring
they will be returned to the garden where they often re-bloom and look
gorgeous outside by the front steps.
They have just spent two months in a box in the potting shed, garden
soil brushed off, longer roots clipped a wee bit, and should now be ready
to come back to life in the house.
I planted five large single bulbs in individual pots, and three new
baby bulblets in a pot together. When I dug up the large bulbs in
September where they'd spent the hot summer months, these little
bulblets clinging to their 'mamas' were a nice surprise.
All the bulbs have a touch of green peeking out so hoping they will
send up those tall stems, lovely leaves, chunky buds. . . . and
bloom eventually!
I'm short of sunny places to place bulbs, or plants - and no wide
window sills to balance them on to catch autumn/winter rays.
So they move around the south facing dining room - taking turns
in sunlit corners, on the floor, and on the dining table!
I have my doubts these will bloom in time for Christmas but perhaps
in January their beautiful flowers will open again such as in this photo
below from a previous year.
Amaryllis blooms are stunning and so worth waiting for!
Are you growing any indoor bulbs for winter this year?
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