While many people treat amaryllis bulbs as annuals and throw them away once they finish blooming after the holidays, these plants can be cultivated and forced to rebloom for years. Here’s ...

With their beautiful showy red and white blooms, Amaryllis are popular plants for the holidays. Numerous cultivars offer flowers with stripes and spectacular variegated petal patterns, so they ...

Minimal work is needed to get the bulb to bloom, and with a little nurturing and special care, the amaryllis bulbs can provide you with beautiful flowers for years to come. One option is to ...

By following these steps, you can rejuvenate your amaryllis and encourage it to bloom beautifully in the next growing season.

Water your amaryllis generously, but take care not to let the soil get overly soggy. Normally, it will bloom six to 10 weeks after planting. Matthew Stevens is the director and horticulture agent ...

There are also several ‘miniature’ amaryllis varieties that offer a more delicate, less formal bloom. The arching, strap-like leaves usually don’t appear until after the bulb has bloomed.

My present was a red-blooming amaryllis in red wax, but a friend posted a picture of hers and it was a white-flowered amaryllis in white wax. Penny Pawl is a UC Master Gardener of Napa County.

Bulbs from the amaryllidaceae family can be coaxed to bloom early, but host Amanda McNulty advises against using wax in the forcing process.

For many years, all the children in my family were given amaryllis bulbs as Christmas gifts by my mother, and we’d rush to ...