Amarylis belladonna in the Pacific Northwest
Jack & Val Myrick via pbs (Sun, 05 Sep 2021 18:58:54 PDT)
Hi Jan,
They grow here in Sonora, CA, Zone 8, with frost, night after night. We usually only go down to the high 20s with it getting as low as 15 every few winters.
The leaves don’t seem to mind. I like to plant the bulbs a few inches below the soil as they readily multiply and end up on the surface after a few years.
Are they uncommon in Portland?
Val
Sonora, CA
On Sep 5, 2021, at 1:04 PM, Robert Parks via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
Problem is they grow during the winter and the leaves aren't particularly
hardy.
Smaller and recently transplanted bulbs rarely flower...the best blooming
is from long established clumps (and even there, maybe a third or the bulbs
send up scapes), or after fire or simulated fire (a nearby traffic island
got a brutal brush clearing, and is now in heavy Amaryllis bloom!)
I'd try them in a large tub where the roots will never be disturbed and try
to get the best growth.
Robert
in SF where it is generally a very poor bloom season for Amaryllis given
last winter's drought...a few of the bulbs I've distributed in the devil
strips are poking up leaves already.
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On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 12:21 PM Jan Jeddeloh via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
So i scored a couple of Amarylis belladonna bulbs in the latests BX. Do I
have a snowball’s chance of hell growing them in the ground in Portland,
Oregon? I read the wiki information on them and some say to plant at neck
level and some say to plant deeper. My inclination is to plant deeper
since that would provide a bit of frost protection. I do have a frost free
greenhouse but what I read says they don’t bloom as well in pots. I can
give them good drainage in the garden.
Jan Jeddeloh, Portland, Oregon zone 8
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