Beginner Gardening: Amaryllis is growing, 1 by themoonhowl

themoonhowl wrote:
I thought you had planted your Lycoris bulbs back before Christmas and had already gotten leaves on them. Are these different bulbs? i am well and truly confused.

Here, the Lycoris in my garden sprout leaves in late September/ October and keep them over the winter until somewhere around late April to mid May when it starts getting really warm. The leaves die back and the bulb works on getting ready to produce blooms which appear in August and September...followed by a new set of leaves.

In this picture taken in March, you can see the Lycoris in the upper left hand corner.