Amaryllis

I love my Mark's Choice Amaryllis that I found

a couple years ago at my favorite

Home Hardware store.  

When it finishes blooming each winter

I cut the bloom stock off.

I leave the tall leaves to

grow throughout the summer.

In September I cut them off about 1"

above the bulb, stop watering it,

and move it to the garage

where it is nice and cool until after Christmas.

This year, when I brought the bulb back into the house after Christmas

I began to water it again and almost immediately 

the leaves began to grow.  

In no time I had 5 tall leaves!
But let's face it...
the leaves are not the exciting part!  :)

Once the bud began to poke up,  

I really got excited.  

This was the end of January.

This pictures shows what it looked like this past weekend.

The bud stock is much taller.  

Very soon I will be enjoying blooms like these ones from last winter!

Wouldn't it be fun to have a collection of these bulbs for the dreary dull winter months?  I think I will find some "friends" for my Mark's Choice Amaryllis.  They can all bloom together next year on top of the piano!  

Do you have an amaryllis?  What color is yours?

Tanya

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