Amaryllis belladonna
Paul Licht (Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:24:11 PDT)

When I started gardening years ago, I was told that these Amaryllis
absolutely could not take summer warmer when dormant, at best they wouldn't
last loing. . Over the years, I've found that the biggest, most dividing
and earliest blooming ones are those in the middle of my regular garden
where they get a little summer water. For example, the water ones have
been in full bloom for awhile already and the unwatered ones haven't even
started to bud yet. I also find that the colored cultivars (different
whites, deep reds, etc) tend to bloom later than the standards.

Paul (in SF Bay Area)

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Paul Licht, Director
University of California Botanical Garden
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:20 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: