My Amaryllis Addiction Grows & I Need Your Help! // Northlawn Flower Farm 

OH.MY.GOODNESS! I think the amaryllis growers owe you a debt of gratitude because if anybody else is like me I think I found a new obsession. I don’t have great luck keeping them from year to year but I have had success growing them indoors for Christmas (zone6b) and I’d love to try some of the more “exotic” varieties. As usual, Danielle, this was a beautiful video full of so much good information. Thank you! 💚

Glad to see I'm not the only one obsessed with these plants. I'm four years in with 12 varieties and still buying.

I live in south Louisiana. Last year I fell in love with amaryllis before I even owned any. I kept seeing them blooming in flower beds around me the past few springs. I happened upon a deal where a guy was getting rid of his and selling them for $1 each. I bought 50 and planted them. Only one bloomed bc they were small bulbs. But now I’m obsessed! I left them in the ground all year and they have gone from walnut size to baseball size in one growing season! I’m hoping to get lots of blooms this spring. I can’t wait!

My mom used to leave her Amaryllis in her south facing window year round. They would die back, sprout new leaves, and rebloom each year. Sometimes they’d bloom twice in the year. It wasn’t odd to see her amaryllis blooming away in July or August in the heat of the summer! She would just water them once in awhile, pick the dead leaves off when necessary, and enjoy the blooms when they came.

I would love to see you take all your knowledge and write a book. Your garden is beautiful as well as a perfect learning tool for your followers 🌸☀️🐝

My favorites are “Nymph”, “Denver” and “Stardust”. I bought a lot of them from my local garden store for less then 3 dollar each after the new year. The ordinary price was 30 dollars each. They are blooming and are gorgeous! I couldn’t believe my luck. From now on I’m only going to buy them when there is a sale because it don’t care when they’re blooming. I’m going to save them for next year.

What a nice video to share in February when we’re craving sunshine and flowers! Thank you, Danielle.

Does anyone else just feel so much better after looking at beautiful blooms? Ah! Just what I needed. I love my Exotic Star amaryllis, it’s just so unusual. I also noticed that cut amaryllis last longer (as long as 10 days). As for the dormancy, I tried so many times to have them rebloom without planting them outside and they just won’t do it. I may try again and will let you know. Great video!!

I'm really appreciating the amount of calm, enthusiastic detail you go into. : ) Re: double vs. original blooms - I really like the single/original blooms. The gorgeous simple, sculptural lines, the color shifts as the flower dives into the center, the clearer canvas for the subtle changes throughout each petal. The doubles are generally too busy for me.

I love growing amaryllis! I am in zone 8b and after Christmas I let them go dormant and then plant them outside in my flowers beds, they always bloom the next summer! Then I get more for Christmas! Thanks for all your knowledge that you share for all of us!

Your yellow looks more vanilla/cream with a lime green throat on my screen. I've never had thrips on them, only on gladiola leaves. Lost my entire amaryllis collection (in excess of 20 bulbs) to mealy bugs over 12 years ago after having them outside for the summer. They were in pots during dormancy in a cool basement. By the time I knew there was a problem it was too late. I've had Spartacus and yes, the blooms are more blue red than Minerva, and they were HUGE ! I think cut flowers last longer in a vase due to getting all the water they can use. Don't usually cut them unless they are too weak to stay upright on their own. Unfortunately I do not have any pics to share. I've had some beauties over the years, ever since the 1970s. Only have one at present that I have been nursing since purchased in fall of 2016. Looks like it may finally be large enough to bloom next spring. And she has an offset almost the same size now who also has a baby. I leave them in pots during dormancy and they die down naturally and wake up when ready in cool dark basement. Just remove as much old soil from top and replace with fresh potting mix with slow release fertilizer added. They spend the summers outdoors in a mostly sunny location until frost threatens in fall. Recently ordered a jumbo (40 + cm.) on a preship sale for shipment this fall. It is a red /white striped unnamed variety. Never had a jumbo before so looking forward to getting it. BTW, supposedly if you clip off the ends of stamens and pistol the flowers last longer. Plus there is no mess from falling pollen or sticky drips from pistol !

I love your passion for amaryllis. It is very motivational!

Your amaryllis are gorgeous! Thank you for so much more information! I appreciate you so much!

gorgeous plants and so many to choose from, this year I hope to start a collection myself xx Thank You Danielle for the inspiration xx

Thank you for such an informative video! Will be putting several of your recommendations on my list for next year! Your collection is beautiful!

You inspired me to buy more amaryllis! Thanks for your lovely video & putting yourself out there. I tend to buy inexpensive bulbs but I will definitely try the bigger ones to enjoy more bloom time. Thanks for inviting us into your beautiful world of flowers.

That final detail about them as cut flowers is a game changer!!!!

Your videos have inspired me to get more amaryllis bulbs this winter and they give me so much joy. Thank you

It’s sweet to see your passion and excitement for amaryllis, even though they don’t do much for me.

Excellent video! I absolutely love amaryllis. Your knowledge and creativity in growing them has inspired me so much this year. I will be ordering some of the varieties you have shown and I hope my house is brimming with gorgeous blooms like yours is, next year!

Thank you thank you, for sharing such beauty. ♥️

Currently enjoying the amaryllis ‘Orange Sovereign’ Waiting for that beautiful bloom!

These are so beautiful. I'm hooked!

You’ve definitely inspired me to grow amaryllis for the first time this year! I have an apple blossom amaryllis just finishing up, and a red lion in full bloom. Thanks for giving me the confidence to try it. Ready to try more fancy varieties next year!

Wow, what a fun, informative video. Just exquisite blooms. I want to try more varieties instead of the box kits. Your enthusiasm is so contagious!!

Gervase is gorgeous, I totally agree - just got mine fall of 2021. My older Picotee reliably rebloomed this year again - still simply beautiful.

Such a great and informative video. Thank you!

Thanks for this wonderful video! An earlier vid of yours inspired me to grow a box store double white version -- name escapes me -- and the blooms are so amazingly breathtaking that I am doing a 24" x 36" painting of them...

I had one of my amaryllis flower stalks break and I put it in water and was amazed at how long it lasted!☃️❄️💚🙃

They are gorgeous!

I love the one called Apple Blossom, that one is just breathtaking

Danielle your videos are wonderful. I am a flower person from way back. I did grow amaryllis many years ago but got away from it. Well after watching you video I now have a renewed interest thanks to you. Right now I have an Picotee amaryllis that I purchased thru the mail from a company called Breck. I am so glad I found you.

I got a double Amaryllis this year by mistake. It was mislabeled. The only thing I didn’t like is that they became so tall that broke off one morning. I placed in a vase and they bloomed for over a month. They do last a lot longer in the vase than on the bulb for sure. That produced four stalks. I love it! I love them all tho. All four I got this year were mislabeled. I was disappointed I didn’t get the ones they had on the pictures! Yours are all gorgeous!

These are really cool! I like Dancing Queen, Magic Touch, and Samba

Omg, just awesome, the first one looks whiteish cream and greenish in the middle 🥰

Great video and good luck identifying if those were indeed thrips. Gervase was also my favorite this year but Red Pearl was a close second. Regarding the Yellow Star, the color came across to me as more green in the video than yellow but I loved it and added to my list for next year now.

Thank you again for a really informative video. This might be my new obsession…

I’m not sure of the variety I have but it is some of the last ones that my grandmother and aunt had in their yards. I’m hoping they will multiply and I can grow more since they haven’t been cared for very well in the past. I don’t have to winterize them by storing them but I can leave them in the ground for the winter since I’m in zone 8b. I love them! Learning so much more from you! Hugs and love from Texas!

I'm growing an amaryllis for the first time! It hasn't bloomed yet, but it's getting taller and has swelling buds! Thanks for the inspiration!

As always, I enjoyed this video. I have a passion for Amarylis, too. I have about 12 still blooming. My Dancing Queen was the first to bloom before Christmas. They got very tall with many heavy blooms. They were staked but still broke so I used them as cut flowers. Filled stems like you said and added a cotton ball. They lasted a long time. I really like Samba but if you don’t order early they get sold out. I have given many away as gifts, my clients always love them. My husband really enjoys them , too. I always learn something from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. ❤

Charming ,Lovely,beautiful

Sweet star is gorgeous, I think that’s my favourite of your collection. I have 4 amaryllis that I keep from year to year and this year one of them didn’t even sprout. It still feels firm and has some green on the neck so I know it’s not dead, but no stalk or hint of foliage. I think I need to take it out of the pot and see what the roots look like. Thanks for another wonderful video 😊

Well, I did it. I bought an amaryllis. Your enthusiasm for them was so contagious! I can’t wait until it blooms. It’s a red Double King.

I grew Pink Surprise this year for the first time. The blooms are between 7-9 inches across. Absolutely stunning!

I'm in Micronesia watching your show and really love your amaryllis.

Made a folder to save this, I'll want to watch it again in Sept. Until you came along I never knew anymore about Amaryllis then the ones in the stores, and the few in garden centers. I bought a nice bulb at a garden center that never bloomed, beautiful foliage tho.? Wondering if I used a planter that may be too small, I think I'll transplant it and move it into a closet for dormancy. I hope you continue to show each step you take as you ready them to bloom again.

I grew double white Amaryllis , Ice Queen and I simply adore them! I for sure will plant these again. They gave me up to 7 flowers on one stem and 3 stems per bulb. The only thing was that they grew to almost 20 inches and where so top heavy, that they all flopped over and ended in a vase.But They kept wonderfully in a vase.

I really enjoy your Amaryllis videos. You bring a wealth of information to the table. I only have 4 bulbs going and its the second year I've had them. They're just breaking dormancy. Always exciting. I'm also curious about your maybe thrips issue. Hoping someone comments on it. Again great videos. Thanks!

I love the boubles but watching your videos ,Red Lion has give me such a show, 5 bulbs in a twelve in. Bowl made for amaryllis ,and now I just love them. I also had maistic boubles love love love them 👍

You really need to try Marilyn this year! It's a double white amaryllis and it BEAUTIFUL! Mine is blooming right now and it is stunning.

Was fun finding your channel.

Thanks for sharing experience and beautiful flowers. I found thrips on the leaves of one my plants just before the buds came out this January.. I sprayed and eventually cut off the leaves because they looked so infested. However the bloom stalk was undamaged The current bloom is stunning. This amaryllis which was just described as red , bloomed on one stalk Jan 2021 and again July 2021 . And now has huge (7 -8 ins in diameter) blooms on one stock. So 3 blooms in one year. Not as impressive though as three blooms at once.

Had no idea there were so many varieties, going to try new ones next year!

Enjoyed the video !!! Made my day to see flowers in the morning . It’s 19 degrees in Pittsburgh Lol 🥶🌻🥶🌻

I keep my amaryllis inside as a houseplant. I put them into dormancy in August and pull them out near Halloween. They bloom every year for me. I’ve had one for 10+ years.

I look forward to "Amaryllis Season" every year!! The final one I have blooming now is White Nymph. My hands down favorites over the years are: Gervase, Elvas, Picotee, Striped Amadeus, Charisma & Aphrodite (Aphrodite was a real show stopper this year!). I potted up 3 Exotic Star for the first time...looking to step out of my comfort zone and all I can say is WOW!!...thought this was the most unique and beautiful flower...will always have this one in my collection. Now let's see how I do saving these bulbs for next year...fingers crossed. :)

They are stunning

We have Glee blooming. White with candy cane red stripes. Leaves are unique with a more pointed almond shape and curled wavy edges. It has a very tropical feel and look.

My amaryllis is big. The bulb is 7" diameter, the flower stem is 4.5 ft (it must be propped up and tied or it will snap in half), the leaves are about 4 ft and the dark red flowers are 6" across. I let mine grow all year long in my house, near the picture window and never cut the leaves. I have had this plant for over 15 years. It blooms once a year around February. It sets in a 16" plastic pot and I water twice a week.

Hi Danielle would you be able to put together a video on how to make bouquets in a vase? Maybe some key elements that you try to do, and maybe some colour theory and maybe some various end "shapes" that you try to design towards? Thankyou...love your arrangements!

I had two new medium apple blossom amaryllis in the fall. I potted one up mid December. And it pushed out one stalk right away and bloomed well before Christmas. I continued on treating it as a houseplant and was surprised by another stalk the 3rd week in Jan. The blossoms were much smaller. Never saw that before!

I love the spidery looking ones. The flamenco queen is very similar to grevase.

I live in Florida zone 10, have 3 double amaryllis varieties, Amadeus, Dancing queen and Double king, all beautiful 😍 I also have several others, single varieties. It's been tricky to get them to bloom a second time with our temperatures, 😅 since it's rare to have 50°F or less down here. I put them in dormancy in my fridge.

Loved this video Danielle 💖 I had two Amaryllis this year. One beautiful white and the other a shorter red❤️ I see myself having many more varieties next year all because of you🤗 That first Amaryllis you showed looked cream and green to me. All of them were so lovely 😊

Really like the flamingo amaryllis.

Thanks for sharing 😁

I am so excited to finally got a hold of my first Amaryllis. Very hard to find in Canada.

This is the first year I’ve grown amaryllis - I got four from White Flower Farm (they have tons of different kinds) and they are gorgeous. I bought some for myself after buying them as gifts for my mom, dad, and sister for Christmas, and they couldn’t stop talking about them, they were so thrilled. I sent them gift versions, but then bought myself just the bulbs. I got three different kinds/colors of the double Nymphs and an Amadeus that is getting ready to bloom. I watched your pre-Christmas amaryllis video and that’s why I got all these! Thank you!

Lemon star is new to me this year So glad I got it.Such an abundance of flowers, 2 stalks at once and a 3rd shortly after. It's not yellow, but white with a green throat. Long lasting too!!.

I grew several amaryllis bulbs this winter (my first time), and they all bloomed beautifully! I've cut back the spent bloomstalks and am hoping to grow them on as houseplants. However, a few of the bulbs seem very soft now, which seems not good! I was careful to avoid overwatering.

I found my cut stems lasted longer as well. I grew some of the sane ones you did and loved Flamenco Queen and Sweet Nymph but hands down my favorite was Marilyn. Got the bulbs from Colorblends and they were huge and gorgeous and lasted forever.

I am very fond of Amaryllis too.

This was my first year growing Amaryllis to break up the winter drab. I grew Red Lion and Minerva and a double pink and white variety. They all bloomed beautifully and I have one last bloom stalk of the Minerva that is about to bloom. I will def cut the stalk so it lasts longer since its our last bit of blooms before Spring. Wahhh aha

I've had that happen. This year I only had 2 blooms then 2 more flowers later. I don't remember the variety. It's very disappointing. I got this one from Target. Yours are soo lovely.

Yes I have noticed a longer life in the vase opposed to on the plant, maybe an extra week! As to double amaryllis I got a few this year and I am in love, especially the variety Alfresco. I also tried a butterfly variety ‘Papillio’ which was amazing green with purple-red stripes. I tried a wax coated amaryllis just to see what that was about. The variety is ‘Picasso’ and it did indeed bloom with smaller white with red edges flowers.

I love my amaryllis and have done the basement method after they bloom and I have had them in my window sill for several months with just the leaves. One must have space to do all this. I tire of the leaves and want something else. I also have found that the blooms will weep a sticky substance and you have to be careful where you place your bulbs because the substance can damage wooden surfaces. After trying to save the bulbs after they bloom for me they have bloomed again but with not as much vigor maybe only one stalk. I finally decided that I would treat my bulbs like an annual and buy new ones each year.

Next year I will grow amaryllis. You have convinced me. If the growers don't give you a commission, at least they should send you free bulbs and also have you trial new varieties.

Great video as usual!

Applause, applause, applause for my favorite flower teacher🌷Love this class on Amaryllis! I cannot answer your questions, but I am currently waiting for one bud to bloom…which I almost tossed…as last summer I kept it outside and when I brought it inside, it had little bugs around it. The other two shot up healthy looking stems right away BUT no buds/blooms. Sincerely appreciate the link to your other amaryllis videos that I have watched before but cannot remember if you shared your sources to purchase them and when to purchase. 😊 Thank you.

I bought Amaryllis and love them

yeah, that does look like a thrips. My glads look the same when they have it. Id treat all your plants with insecticeds, not only damaged bulb. Beautiful varieties, I like that yellow lime one the most!

You should create that peach amaryllis with pink edging! As much as you love them I feel like it would be a labor of love. I only recently started crossing a few, but I found the idea of bringing fragrance into these flowers is something I’d like to try. I wonder if belladonna lilies can cross with these? Also, I wonder was your red pearl bulb in perfect health? I don’t think it was red blotch, and unless it was rotting on the inside, I’d have guessed thrips too.

Just saw your program for first time. I have a amaryllis that was my mother in laws . I’ve had it for over 40 years now and it’s in my flower bed, and is a big cluster of them. I will look them up to find the variety. They are so healthy in my flower bed facing north. I live in the upstate of S. Carolina.I don’t t know it’s name, but could send you a photo of it if you’d like. There must be way over a dozen stems at least. I am also overwintering 3 pots of 3 bulbs right now for my first time indoors. They may be a bit late blooming for the holidays sad to say. So I’m just starting out to get on with indoor growing of them. I don’t remember the color of them as I planted it about 15 years ago, but never bloomed after moving outside after the holidays and forgot it was there. I accident,y planted a gardenia plant there in the same place and noticed it kept multiplying, but no blooms. So this year I dug them up to put them in a dark room. M.

I'm excited this year found a double dragon amaryllis and just planted it. Also ordered a Nymph amaryllis and cannot wait to see how big the double blooms are. I use your tip to soak the bulbs. Amazing difference in the growth. Do you have any tips to make the bulbs grow bigger? Thank you. You are a joy to watch.

I am an artist and I love many flower forms. I much prefer single ones (as opposed to doubles) because they are not so "busy" and the form is more clear to me.

Thank you sooo much for your very detailed videos! Can I ask where you get your pots from and how wide and tall they are? Trying to figure out what pots to get

This is my 3rd year of reblooming Appleblossom. In past years it has produced multiple bloom stalks but this year only one, though that one is extremely tall and absolutely beautiful! I have never placed it outside in the summer --- it remains on my SE windowsill until I put it into dormancy in my basement just like you've shown in this video - leaving the leaves to die back naturally. My timing is off though because I've never had it bloom at Christmas -- it always blooms in late January for me :)!

I love love Red Pearl!!! My husband even commented on how beautiful it was. Plus Magical Touch is gorgeous too! I had two Magical Touch and one is still blooming and it is it’s 4th stalk! As for your bulb with thrips.....I think you need to get rid of it before they spread to your other bulbs. I would also call the company that you purchased it from. They should send you a replacement. I googled “ thrip damage on amaryllis” and Google brought up all kinds of info plus pictures of amaryllis with thrips. They said to use blue sticky traps or pyrethrin spray. I personally would throw it away to keep it from spreading to my other bulbs. Love this video! If you love pink amaryllis...you need to grow “ Pink Surprise” it sent up two stalks at the same time with huge deep pink flowers! Then a third stalk later on.....simply gorgeous!

Hi, Wow, so happy to find your great videos, thanks! I bought a kit, bulb sent up stem with a nice blooms, but no leaves, what do I do? Can I keep it alive? Be patient? Help! I so share your passion for these wonderful winter plants. Thanks again! Your plants are beautiful!

Looks green I love the amaryllis we moved couple times since hurricane Katerina ,I lost so many plants. I found your channel around Christmas.I have had five back surgery’s so I only garden in pots, my husband I am 78 not to mobile but since I saw your video I want to grow a couple in pots. You have a special touch ,thank you for giving me something to look forward to. Do you sell any of you’d I don’t see real big bulbs here in Slidell La and do they have a catalogue? 🙏👍👏👏👏🌹

As always, I enjoyed your video. I unfortunately only had one Amaryllis bloom out of my four (and it was the newest one). I'm not going to baby it anymore -- I with the old and in with the new ones from the varieties you mentioned. Yours are absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank You for sharing gour different varieties... love the specific info. I grew a number of res pearl this year and gave all for gifts except one I kept and I agree its definitely the most beautiful red. I would call it burgundy red I think. I will be very curious to see if the bulbs you kept inside and are now dormant get flowers once you wake them up:) My mother in law has never been able to get them to bloom again ( she's always left them on a window inside the house), granted she didn't put them into dormancy so I wait with anticipation to see what happens with them. If they do bloom again I would love to know what direction the window they were in is facing. I think this could make a huge difference. I had one last year that finished blooming and I didn't know they should be put outside so it stayed in an east window which is huge and many of my house plants do well on this window sill wall. Long story, I put it into dormancy and brought it back out and it is slowly waking up but I'm not certain yet if it will flower or just give leaves. This particular amaryllis also put out three babies so thats exciting but will wait to see if it flowers. Love to you sweet sister, just love your videos. Trying to keep warm in Ontario,Canada :)

Good job.. keep it up👍

You do have excellent video. I fell in love with Amaryllis, you have definitely inspired me to grow them for the first time.Can you give me any advise how to store the bulbs,if I do not have basement?

Learning so much about amaryllis from your segments. Haven’t seen the video on gifting - the one you briefly showed here. Would love to see that one. Also would appreciate your experience with buying the bulbs. Went to Longfield Gardens site but they mostly had Holland varieties. Do you have a reliable source for Peru and/or South Africa varieties. Thank you so much!1

Could you please do a showing video of were how an when you plant them outside also I’m here in Michigan an I went a little crazy with them this year lol they have given me so much joy an my last one just bloomed last week. I’ve invested a lot in them and want to enjoy them for years to come . Thank you AGIAN 🦋

I have never put my amaryllis outside! I had never heard of that as an option until this past summer, when I saw my friend's amaryllis on his deck. I was actually thinking of trying it for the first time this year! I had a bunch of them for years, and they would always re-bloom. Then they stopped re-blooming for a bunch of years. What I didn't realize was that they were the tiny bulb kind ~ purchased after Christmas from a chain store. I didn't know that the larger the bulb, the more energy they could store. I did everything I could to make those re-bloom, but after 5 years, I gave up. Now I have new and much larger bulbs!! I can see the difference in flower size already, plus the extra stalks that I have gotten. I will definitely invest in some of the varieties you mentioned in this video. Now my only question is where am I going to put them????!!!! LOL - I'm running out of space!!!

I bought a really huge bulb and this was 4 months ago. It did nothing and dint now about the dormancy But now it begins to grow I will put it in a pot with soil and so curious what color it will be🙏. Learning from you

I wish I had Sweet Star! I have a dining room in pink and white and that would look so perfect there!!

In the UK our summers aren't warm enough for most amaryllis varieties to be able to put them outside. This time I've left mine on the window sill all year round. I'm waiting for them to come out of dormancy, they started dying back naturally so I stopped watering. I have lost track of when that was 😅 I started with 1 bulb 2 years ago and that 1 bulb has created 3 new bulbs. So I've just repotted and put the 3 new bulbs together in one pot. I can't wait to see what happens when they come out of dormancy. Can you do a video about offset bulbs and how long it can take them to flower etc. Love your videos 😊