Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Amaryllises of the Mid-Atlantic: Share your blooms!, 1 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
Here is one I captured from Lowe's late in the season last Christmas. It put on a pittiful poor display last year. When I started it late it looked like death warmed over.
When spring came I sunk it in the edge of the compost pile in semi-shade and just stepped back. It made a nice leafed out bulb. After frost hit it this past fall I dug it and saved it for potting up about four weeks ago. Looks to me like it is going to put on a nice bloom this year. The bud is up there about a foot and still growing. The leaves are just starting to peek at me. I believe the bulb grew about a third larger than it was last year.

In keeping with Lowe's low buck big deals I think this one was just called Giant Red.