Beginner Gardening: need advice on rhizome division, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
Musicman,

The answer to your question is no.

This particular plant can only be divided. It is best to wait until summer and be patient enough to let the 'baby' develop to 1/3 - 1/2 the size of the parent bulb for best results.

We grow Amazonica as a landscape plant and it is very slow growing. It stops growing if the night temps drop below 70*. I can understand your impatience - I would imagine it grows very slowly for you in Canada.

I have given up on Amazonica, unless a client insists on it. I have one landscape that I take care of that has a couple tubers in the ground, they never have more than 2 leaves and have never multiplied and I have been working there for over 5 years. I like the fast growers>