Wintering Plants in Pots - Part 2: growing amaryllis

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Re what to do with an amaryllis after it blooms, cut stems which flowered back to the neck of the bulb. Don't cut the leaves.

Put it in a sunny window and give it water and fertilizer until spring, when it's warm enough to plant outside. Can either plant the bulb in the ground, or keep it in the pot, in part sun/part shade location. Either way, it needs lots of water and fertilizer to keep leaves large and healthy, to rebuild bulb for next year. In September or October, stop watering it and move to a place outside where it won't get rained on. Right before first frost, bring in and put in cool basement or garage. When leaves die back, cut them off at neck of bulb.

Around the holidays put it in a warm location, water it once, and wait for it to start to grow again. When it does, start to water regularly and it should bloom again for you.

Good luck!

-- posted by HollyT