I grew the white amaryllis belladonna, which I was told is really a hybrid, in pots for years here. It grew and flowered beautifully. It was kept just frost free in a cold greenhouse for years. Outside all the rest of the time. I never kept it especially dry in summer or at any other time. I fed and repotted it as any other bulb. I lost it as soon as I planted it out... Mark > Message du 08/08/14 02:51 > De : "Brad King" > A : "'Pacific Bulb Society'" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] Amaryllis belladonna in pots > > Hi Uli, Thanks for the info. It's very interesting to hear your > experiences. I'll keep a look out for N. Bowdenii. One interesting thing > about this hobby is finding a bulb (plant) that excites you and normally > does not grow in your part of the world and trying to manipulate an > environment to get it to grow and flourish. Sometimes we are rewarded with > great plants and blooms and other times.....well..... it's an experience. > Still waiting for the A. Belladonna to even emerge. Brad. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of > Johannes-Ulrich Urban > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 12:51 PM > To: Pacifib Bulb Society messages > Subject: [pbs] Amaryllis belladonna in pots > > Hello Brad, > > You live in an even colder climate than I do. Here we are zone 6-7 in > northern Germany and we have to be prepared for minus 20°C in winter for > many days in a row. Thak kind of frost penetrates deep into the soil > although that does not happen every winter. So any winter growing bulb has > be be grown under glass, protected from frost but with good light. > I do love Amaryllis belladonna, every time I see them in flower.... I want > them. I have tried so many times, in pots, in the garden with good > protection, in the open ground in the greenhouse.... nothing really worked. > I had a few blooms from the bulbs planted in the open soil inside the > greenhouse which is kept frost free. But even that was disappointing because > I had a big bunch of leaves at a time of the year where space is at a > premium under glass and very littel rewards flowerwise to justify the space > taken. > So... honestly..... I gave up on that bulb. I do not want to discourage > you... but there are so many plants that can be grown under one's given > condition, why bother with one that will not perform? With me A. > belladonna has never flowererd in a pot and it is said that the bulbs do not > like to be disturbed, they need one or two years to settle in after > transplanting and will not flower until they are established, in a suitable > climate that is. > > What I recommend as a suitable substitute are the hardiest forms of Nerine > bowdenii. (Not N. sarniensis!) N. bowdenii var wellsii is considered quite > hardy. I have donated seeds to the BX of a particularly hardy form that has > even survived outside one of the worst winters we had those last years. But > I give it overhead protection with a thick mulch and a cover against winter > wet at the base of a south facing wall. N. bowdenii is entirely summer > growing but autumn blooming when the leaves die down. The flowers are > different from A. belladomma of course, but they are THERE, many of them. > Looks great with silver Artemisia and blue Ceratostigma. Ontario should have > a thick snow cover that is an excellent insulation. I remember Ellen Hornig > talking about her former nursery in New York state, she could grow things > outside that I can only dream of, because of her immense and very reliable > snow cover. > > Hope that helps..... > > > Uli > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/