Amarylis belladonna in the Pacific Northwest
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:19:04 PDT)

A couple of decades ago when we lived in Wilton, Connecticut zone 6B I
grew Amaryllis belladonna outdoors in the ground year-round, planted
beneath the wide overhang from the roof. Did fine, flowered well for a
few years. Then we moved.

About growing it in pots - I haven't tried Amaryllis belladonna in pots
but do have xAmarcrinum. Spend winter in greenhouse. The several bulbs
resulting from offsets of one original bulb are still crammed in one
pot. One bulb flowered in mid-August, at the same time as my pink Crinum
powellii. Easy to distinguish - the flowers have more substance than
crinum, and are held horizontally rather than drooping. There are
currently 3 more bulbs of xAmarcrinum flowering in the same pot as the
earlier one.

BTW - last year when I was dividing the crinum I did plant one in the
ground at the bottom of the driveway, near where Sauromatum guttatum is
enthusiastically thriving and multiplying. At the same time I planted a
Musa basjoo in the same area. Both plants winter protected with dry oak
leaves heaped in a container inverted over cut back banana and another
over crinum. Banana came back, crinum did not.

Judy in New Jersey, where today I dug a bucket of fine gravel out of the
clogged upper culvert channel to use when repotting. Not even noticeable
what was removed, compared to what's there.

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