Hey! I know it’s after Christmas and you are feeling all mince pie’d out and cobwebby but I have the answer! Go out as soon as you can and find some hippeastrum bulbs (they’ll be on sale…BONUS!). Get yourself a pot or two and some compost and try this… I promise you will NOT be disappointed.
My love for these bulbs will never wane. I adore them to the moon and back, mostly because they are so very massive and otherworldly and make me feel accomplished and smug and happy that I had a hand in growing something so amazing.
Here’s a little video showing you how to plant them….couldn’t be easier…do have a go!
Gardener and Sunday Times Columnist, Laetitia Maklouf, shows you how to plant Hippeastrum (amaryllis) bulbs in a pot indoors for colour through the winter. Learn more about how to plant bulbs for Christmas flowering and how to care for your Hippeastrum via the RHS gardening advice pages here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=102 and https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=118.
Are you a hippeastrum aficionado? What’s your favourite one to grow, and what are your tips to get them flowering again the following year?
x Laetitia