Getting 'amaryllis' to bloom - or old wives tales
Linda Foulis (Sun, 22 Nov 2015 13:24:00 PST)

I thought I would share something that amused me. I just heard from a new gardening friend that his mother would drop her amaryllis bulbs to wake up the roots and get them to flower for Christmas. Anyone else heard of such a strange practice?
I'm pretty sure my hippeastrum will not bloom this year even if I do drop them, not a good year for them at all.

Linda M Foulis
Beautiful Blooms
http://www.beautifulblooms.ab.ca/
Zone 1-2, on the edge of the middle of nowhere