Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Flowering Plants
Amaryllis
Hippeastrum hybrids
An amaryllis bulb sends up one thick, leafless stem and opens three or four trumpet flowers 15 cm across at the top of it. It happens over about three weeks, indoors, on a windowsill, from a bulb sitting in a pot of soil — and it is the single most reliable piece of theatre in gardening.
Ours are large, well-fed bulbs, which matters: bulb circumference is what determines how many flower stems you get. Small cheap bulbs produce one stem or none. After flowering, keep the leaves growing and feed them — that is how the bulb builds next year’s flower.
- Large graded bulbs — small bulbs simply do not flower well
- Flowers indoors on a windowsill within 6–8 weeks of potting
- Reflowers every year if you feed the leaves after blooming
Rs 650for the Single bulb, potted
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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At a glance
- Mature size
- 45–60 cm in flower
- Growth rate
- Fast in growth, dormant after flowering
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
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How to look after your Amaryllis
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun to light shade, depending on species. More sun means more flowers.
- Water
- Regularly while in active growth and flower. Reduce sharply once foliage yellows and the bulb enters dormancy.
- Humidity
- Ambient.
- Soil
- Free-draining soil enriched with compost. Bulbs sitting in wet soil rot.
- Feeding
- High-potassium feed while in growth. Feed after flowering too — that is when next year’s flower is built inside the bulb.
- Temperature
- 15–40°C in growth.
If something goes wrong
Leaves but no flowers
Why it happens: Bulb too small, overcrowded, or planted too deep.
What to do: Lift and divide the clump after dormancy, and replant with the neck at soil level.
Soft, mouldy bulb
Why it happens: Waterlogged soil.
What to do: Improve drainage before replanting. Discard any bulb that is soft to the touch.
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