An Amaryllis that grows without any water, a vase or general care. Just stick it on a table and walk away. What is this sorcery? Waxed Amaryllis bulbs. Here's how to make them.
Now is the time to start thinking about getting some Amaryllis bulbs if you'd like to wax some so they're ready to bloom at Christmas.
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What's a waxed amaryllis?
Years ago I saw Amaryllis bulbs that had been dipped in wax at my local garden centre. I didn't know what they were and figured they were just Amaryllis bulbs that had been dipped in wax to look pretty. At around $34 for a bulb I wasn't intrigued enough to read anymore about them on the box.
Fast forward to this year when I saw them again and realized the magic of them is the fact that you can just place them anywhere and they'll grow. Along a mantle, down the centre of a dining room table tucked into greenery. They're less expensive this year, around $20, but they're still a lot more than a plain Amaryllis bulb - which is between $8-$15 per bulb depending on the rarity and quality of it.
omgomgomgomgomg. THIS is what my DIY dreams are made of. I got to work immediately figuring this out.
Did I mention this would make a GREAT hostess gift this season?
After some online research and reading on Amaryllis bulbs I got a handle on it. The wax part was fairly obvious. Wax would hold the moisture in the bulb. But according to the makers of these wax bulbs there was some super secret process the bulbs went through to make sure they'd bloom without additional water.
Since it was pretty easy to figure out how they got the Caramilk into the Caramilk bar I was pretty confident I'd crack the secret to the waxed bulbs.
I gave it some thought, did some more research and decided the two things you'd need to do to ensure success was twofold.
1. Soak the Amaryllis bulbs in water so they're fully hydrated before you wax them.
and ...
2. Cut off the bulb's basal plate (the flat part the roots grow out of) to shock it into thinking it's dying which forces it into trying desperately to reproduce itself - by flowering.
My experiment seems to have worked. And I have to say I like the way these homemade wax Amaryllis bulbs look better than the store bought ones. For one thing, you can customize them.
At first glance I thought the store bought waxed bulbs were made with metallic wax, but it's just regular paraffin wax that's been spray painted.
If you have all the stuff you can also make coloured wax by mixing regular wax with wax dye, but I didn't do that. I just wanted a quick DIY not a whole "thing" that would end up costing more money than just buying one pre-made.
So instead of trying to make metallic wax for instance, I gold leafed the bulb afterwards with gold leaf I found at the Dollar Store. Other bulbs I left natural, with just white wax covering them, part of the darker bulb skin showing through and and most of the bulbs I sprinkled the white wax generously with white dollar store sparkles to make them glitter.
All in all this "I'm cheaping out" experiment has been a complete success and these waxed Amaryllis bulbs are going to be beautiful around the house throughout the holidays.
Here's how to do it:
How to Make Waxed Amaryllis Bulbs
- Soak Amaryllis bulb in lukewarm water for 4-8 hours.
- Cut off the roots, including the basal plate.
- Let the bulb dry for a few hours.
update: Wrap the bulb in plastic wrap before waxing it. - Melt wax (I used old candle stubs but if you don't have those use some paraffin wax) over low heat.
- Paint the wax on the Amaryllis bulbs from the neck down covering the sides and base.
- Gold leaf or cover in sparkles if glitzy is your thing.
- Place the bulbs in a warm area of the house to encourage growth.
The length of time it takes to flower usually around 6 weeks with store bought Amaryllis bulbs. I can't give you a timeline on this because mine haven't flowered yet, but the flower bud has popped up out of the bulb so I know it's only a matter of time.
I save my short, burned candles all the time. Half the time I look at them in the cupboard and think WHAT am I saving this crap for. The other half I pull them out and think WELL thank the lord I saved this crap. (I also use spent candles for making homemade fire starters.)
I didn't dip the entire bulb into the hot wax because I felt like it would be too much of a shock to the bulb. Painting it on felt more gentle.
Paint the wax on until there's a good thick coating of wax all over the bulb. It'll take several layers.
The gold foil is VERY fiddly to get on the wax. Make sure your wax is still hot when you apply the gold foil and press it into the wax with your fingers or the palm of your hand until you think it's really stuck. And repeat. Like a million times.
It's a huge pain but the result is kindda breathtaking.
The easier way to fancy up the waxed bulb is to sprinkle it with sparkles as soon as you're done waxing it.
I used white sparkles on white wax but you could do whatever you wanted. Green sparkles on green wax, green sparkles on white wax, gold sparkles on white wax ... how many more examples do you need?
I've also left my wax drippy looking. I did that on purpose. If you want things perfectly smooth just smooth the wax out with your finger or the brush while the wax is warm.
How long do waxed amaryllis bulbs last?
It takes an Amaryllis bulb around 3 weeks to show signs of growth after planting it.
It takes 6-12 weeks for the Amaryllis to *bloom* from the day it is planted.
You can speed this process up by keeping the bulb in a very warm room of 27 C (80F). Conversely you can slow the blooming time down by putting it in a cool room of around 10 C (50 F).
Each amaryllis blooms will last about 5 days.
When to start them for Christmas blooms
Mid November.
This is a bit of a crapshoot because different varieties of amaryllis take different lengths of time to grow and bloom. But generally speaking, for Christmas blooms, you should plant your bulbs in early to mid November.
Bulbs you buy in a box kit from the grocery store or garden centre may have already sprouted in the box! If they have, you'll get blooms a few weeks earlier - so plant them accordingly.
If a bulb shows NO signs of green growth, it will take a few weeks longer to produce a bloom.
Can you regrow the waxed bulbs
If the entire growth plate at the bottom of the bulb isn't completely cut off, there *is* a possibility that the amaryllis can live another day.
So when your amaryllis is done blooming you can either throw it in the garbage, scrape the wax off and compost the bulb, or scrape the wax off and replant the bulb in soil.
For replanting follow these steps.
- After your waxed amaryllis has bloomed and the blooms have finished, cut the bloom stalks off, but leave the leaves on the plant.
- Scrape the wax off of the bulb.
- Plant it in soil and continue to care for it like any other house plant.
- Once spring weather arrives and frost is no longer a threat you can put the potted amaryllis outside for the summer, taking care of it as necessary. Amaryllis plants need little water so don't overwater them. You can plant them straight in the garden as well.
- Dig it up September 1st, cut off the leaves and a lot of the roots (leave 3-4" of roots)
- Place bulb in a paper bag and store in a cool room to dry out and go dormant.
- On November 1st, replant them in a small pot.
- They'll rebloom in 6-8 weeks.
*you don't have to immediately pot it up after 8 weeks. You can wait another month before potting it up if you like.
Waxed bulb tips
- Don't soak your bulb in water for longer than 8 hours. It can turn to mush.
- When you cut off the basal plate make sure you do it straight so your bulb isn't tippy. Your flat cut is what will keep the bulb stable.
- If you're using spent candles for your wax, like I did, cut the burnt part of the wick off otherwise it'll get your wax dirty looking. Don't worry about getting rid of the wick, the wax will just melt away from it.
- For heating your wax I HIGHLY recommend putting the wax in a tin can and setting that can in a pot with some water in the bottom. It keeps your pots clean. Plus if you have leftover wax you can just put the whole can, wax and all in the cupboard and pull it out when you need to wax something else.
- Don't forget to wax the bottom of the bulb. The whole point of waxing is to help the bulb retain moisture so as much of the bulb needs to be waxed as possible.
- I used Dollar Store gold leaf which was basically a mess of small gold leaf pieces. To make things easier you can buy whole sheets of gold leaf.
Amaryllis Bulb Buying Guide
When you buy your bulbs for waxing pay special attention to the size of the amaryllis. Amaryllis with HUGE flowers are going to be very top heavy and have a tendency to tip over.
Also pay attention to the bloom time. Different bulbs take different lengths of time to bloom. To get your flower to be on full display at the time you want you need to know how long that particular variety takes to flower.
Most grocery stores carry box kits of Amaryllis bulbs and that's where I usually pick mine up. But if you want something other than the standard white or red flowers there are speciality bulbs you can order online.
"Charisma"
This red and white specialty Amaryllis looks paint spattered.
"Coral"
Not in love with the traditional red & white? This orangey coral coloured ones would look beautiful.
More subtle, but still a deviation from red or white.
Sure it's red ... but look at it! A double amaryllis with double the petals.
Those are just a few. If you go even further into Amaryllis world you can order from specialty places like Brecks but they're already starting to sell out of a lot of bulbs.
Making these waxed bulbs is fun to do. Like, 100%, I should totally have a bulb waxing party. Which of course would be much more fun than any other sort of waxing party. It's easy, the results are great and it's weirdly satisfying to paint wax on a bulb then cover it with gold foil or sparkles.
Happy waxing.
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Vikki
I just love amaryllis--they are so beautiful. I've had them bloom again next year too. I promise to treat them gently. : )
Shannon Ross
Omg! You stuck a wood skewer in the bulb!!!!
Karen
I know. It's horrifying, lol. ~ karen!
Janice Hebert
Wow! Those older comments were disturbing! That people project feelings onto a plant bulb is ridiculous. Anyway, thanks for the repost Karen, I look forward to trying this - I'm thinking of a bulb waxing party with friends! Such a great idea.
Zachary
Disturbing my a**!!! It’s been scientifically proven that plants roots are their brains!!! They do feel pain!!! Your denying the truth to Shield yourself from the horrors your committing on those plants. Your a coward. I don’t even know why I’m trying to enlighten someone who either can’t comprehend that humans are not the only feeling organisms!!! Or someone who just doesn’t care. This kind of cruelty to non humans is what is destroying the planet!!!
Vivian Lee
Thanks, Karen! An inspiring idea once again! Sadly, your timing is terrible since I just yesterday bought and planted an amaryllis bulb. Next time try harder! But seriously I might go back and buy some more from Home Depot, where they sell the bulbs alone, without the soil, pot etc, so waxing them would be less wasteful. Which reminds me, I had some great laughs reading the comments! It’s fascinating the hills people choose to die on. Cheerio!
Karen
Isn't it though!!😂 ~ karen!
Sabina
I did this two years ago for unique homemade gift-giving and it was a big bust unfortunately. I followed the instructions to the letter but none of them bloomed :( I recently unpacked the box of paraffin wax (I moved here a year ago and never fully unpacked since we are renovating) and had a flashing thought to try again but probably not this year. Good luck to everyone else!
Karen
Hey! I remember that. I've never had them not work so you may be doing something wrong or it was the bulbs. Maybe you *will* try them again this year. ;) ~ karen!
Trish
These look lovely! I'm definitely going to try this year as I'm always searching for new gift ideas. Apparently I have been living under a rock for the past few years as I have never heard of waxed amaryllis.
I'm also very excited to see where the comments take us this year as previous years comments have made my coffee delightfully entertaining this morning! Thanks again Karen Kardashian.
Karen
😆 ~ karen!
Colin
I couldn't get any Amaryllis bulbs, so I dipped my fingers in the hot wax instead.
That hurt. A lot. Also it didn't make a good Christmas display, so I gave up.
Sabina
Hahahahaaaaa!
Karen
Well you're just a quitter then. ~ karen!
Karen but not that karen
Wow! This post seems to have opened up a whole world of comments in previous years- what will happen this year ? It’s a page turner for sure- I’ll be back later to check in !
Karen
I know, lol. If the worst thing I do in my life is kill an amaryllis bulb I think I'm doing OK.😆 ~ karen!
Lynn
So my two cents are this,
I have never likes to receive Fresh cut flowers of any sort ( yes I am weird that way)
Give me a bulb or cutting or a plant in a pot an i am happy.
What Karen has showed us is not harming the bulb as it can be saved for further planting!
What I don’t like is the fact that people toss Christmas and other plants out and end of said season, instead of finding out how to look after them.
Born a tree hugging fool , according to family as they can’t remember me ever not feeling this way . I am now in my 60s
Kelly
I made these the first year you posted this & they were a HUGE hit with everyone I gifted them to. A few very picky people I might add. But I cheated & used gold craft paint instead of gold leaf. It took a few coats & I experimented to get just the right finish like gold leaf. I also tried copper metallic paint & they both turned out GORGEOUS. They even bloomed as stated, go figure. Thanks for the reminder of how much I loved these.
Karen you’re the best!!
Kelly
PS- I did several coats of wax with a brush as Karen suggested. I did sides first & let it harden then the bottom, making sure it would sit flat before the wax completely dried.
I didn’t have any chipping, perhaps using plenty of wax will prevent that?
Margaret Voorhaar
Kelly, I love the copper metallic paint suggestion. Would I find it if I asked for copper metallic craft paint at my local craft store?
Kelly
Yes, most craft stores have a section within the acrylic paints marked for metallics. Good luck!
Karen
Oh, that's great, thanks for letting me know! (not that I'm the best but that you made and loved them, lol) The gold foil looks really good but it is SO finicky. I don't blame you for going the paint route! ~ karen
Catherine
Hello! So just for clarity, no adhesive, right? Putting the leaf on hot/warm wax makes it adhere, correct? Thanks!
Karen
Yup. That's it. Just make sure the outside of the bulb is pretty dry. ~ karen!
Ruth Kuntar
I live in Ocala, Florida. My amaryllis bulbs outside are pushing out leaves. They never bloom, just leaves. When can I bring some in and wax them? Do I have to wait until November or can I try now? Many thankx . . . ruth
cbb
Hello,
We enjoyed making our own waxed amaryllis bulbs this year and gifting them to friends and relatives. However, the wax on most of the bulbs started to chip off and now, several weeks later, very little wax is left on the bulbs. Is there a way to prevent the wax from chipping off?
Thanks!
Karen
Hi cbb. The wax should last throughout the the growth of the amaryllis. But once the bulb starts to shrink, the wax is easily broken because there's no structure behind it to hold it. If it's chipping off prior, it could be too much water on the surface of the bulb, so try to pat it dry with paper towels before you dip it in the wax. :) ~ karen!
Katie Hughes Murphy
"Dip it in" wax???
Karen
Yup. I've discovered you can dip the bulb in the pot of wax if it isn't blindingly hot. ~ karen!
Bev
So I have planted many Amaryllis bulbs over the years in my flower beds and the usually come back for 2-3 years and flower before dying off. BUT funny thing, 2 years ago I just set one out, still int the little plastic pot it came in, propped up next to a stump. Well that bulb just finished blooming for the second year, still in that little pot with no attention from me.
Anne Stewart
Here’s a tip... Use an electric candle warmer for jar candles to melt the wax. Stays in the jar and re-solidifies when you turned it off. Easy!!
Karen
Hi Anne, I'm just seeing this comment now, 2 years later. Oops! The candle warmer is a great idea. ~ karen!
Zachary
Your wasting the lives of innocent plants in an agonizing way. It’s so sad. These amaryllis can live as long as a human being and you are torturing them to make a temporary ornament. That bulb is the plants head. The basal plate it basically the bulk of its nervous system. Which plants do have it’s just a little different but it works the same way... I’m not joking look it up... your basically chopping their head open so that they know they are dying and probably in excruciating pain. They try to reproduce to keep some part of itself alive... I find this so abhorrent and loathe some that anyone would treat a creature that can live as long as a human this way. These are not just objects they are living creatures... if you want a decoration just buy ornaments. This is a waste of a life. And a very torturous one. Im horticulture graduate and I love and study plants... this kind of think is the pinnacle of human greed in my opinion. They litterally tot half alive in a wax coffin in their own fluids. This is like plant scaphism... please don’t do this to any more innocent amaryllis. All they want is a good caretaker. This is cruel and unusual.
Karen
LOL!! ~ karen
Zach
You really have no appreciation for non human life. I feel sorry for you. You lack compassion and only can see as far as your own immediate needs. People like you are ruining the earth. I still can’t believe you think this is funny!!!
Chris
Agree to some extent. Anything on this planet that has any form of nervous system will 'feel'
Alizatree
I can understand where Zachary is coming from. I have no idea to what degree the plants with suffer, if at all. And for people who routinely throw away their amaryllis bulbs after one season, this may be viable. At the same time, I think there’s a special kind of joy that we can give ourselves when we treat plants as well as animals with great appreciation and respect. I’m wondering how people who grow amaryllis without a base managed to keep them upright. I suspect that the reason you say “hanging upside down Amaryllis” featured is to get past this problem…
Bob Kimmey
Thank you for the clear way you stated this. I thought this was a neat idea until I reached #7. Then the thoughts you expresses so well came into my mind. I am a sucker for a plant and my heart sank when I finished reading this. Needless to say I will not be trying this selfish self-serving idea. I do have bulbs that have lived many years (not a star at getting reblooms). I have some houseplants that are cuttings/splits from over 30 years ago, many have been shared with others to enjoy.
Thanks again!
granmarie
Get a life! You can't be serious. Must be satire. God help us if it's not.
Zach
We do need help. Plants feel pain. Like animals God is heartbroken that we treat our green lifegivers who have over 20 senses like trash. They keep us alive and this is how you repay them?!
gap
if you are serious you need more meds,
TL
I agree, it is murder to kill plants or animals. Just curious, what do people who feel this way eat? I’ve tried plaster but it isn’t very nutritious.
Jayelene
You go girl!!! Love the response to uptight Leslie. I think you and I could be friends!!!
Marisa
Hi!
I followed your instructions and the bulbs never grew- I did this Thanksgiving weekend. Unsure what went wrong.
Any suggestions on what I can try to get them to grow?
Karen
If you did everything the way I said, I think chances are you just had some bum bulbs. It's a pretty foolproof method. I have some just about to bloom on my dining room table right now. Can you think of anything you might have done wrong? Where did you buy the bulbs? ~ karen!
Donna
Karen. Will other bulbs work?
Karen
Hi Donna. I've tried Paperwhites and they definitely do not work. Tulips would probably be the only other logical option, but I haven't tried those. I suspect they wouldn't work. If you notice, sometimes when you get an Amaryllis bulb in a box, it has already started to grow without soil or air or light or water or anything, lol. You don't see that with other bulbs (that I can think of). I think the size of the bulb and the amount of nutrients and water it can hold on its own is the key. ~ karen!
Tom
Hi. Just wanted to reply to point you made in your original article. I was given 3 waxed bulbs as gifts and after they finished blooming I simply peeled off the wax and then followed directions for getting them to rebloom. They didn’t die and this is now my third year and the flowers are bigger and more beautiful each year.
nancy
did they have bottom roots when you removed the wax???
happy holidays
stay safe
happy healthy new year
nancy
Zachary
Because they usually don’t flower they just die. The images we see are photoshopped. It’s a cruel scam.
Ellen Peachey
I agree with you, Zachary. It's cruel. But I do need some advice on how to dispose of them humanely. I have too many amaryllis because they keep multiplying.
Zach
Well the basal plate you see is the exposed part of the plants brain. If you cut the entire bulb in half it will likely die instantly. Or you could just crush said bulb entirely with a mallet. This would guarantee it would not feel anything then you could use them as compost.
Pamela Ann
I got one of these plants for Christmas this year. It's the end of January and mine are blooming beautifully, with more blooms on the way. I can't wait to make my own! The images are not photo shopped.
Leslie
Why on earth would you want to take a perfectly healthy bulb and kill it? If you plant it in soil and a nice pot it will live and rebloom for years, even longer, 20 years plus, if planted in the ground. The wax and root removal mean one season only and then trash. Shame on you.
Karen
A flower bulb. That's an incredibly interesting thing to draw such anger from you. What other kinds of things anger you? Or I suppose what other kinds of things do you find shameful in people? For instance, sometimes I urge the elderly on in my head when they aren't crossing the road fast enough for my liking. And I often tell people I'm busy when really I just don't want to go out. Once I ate 4 hotdogs in a row on a dare and in grade school I went to church with a friend and pretended to know all the lyrics and melodies to the hymns when really I'd never been to church in my life. Finally, I wear a size 6.5 shoe but will force myself into a 6 if the shoe is nice enough and on sale even though it hurts. I'm not sure whether to feel shamed by these things. Please advise. ~ karen!
Matt
BEST. RESPONSE. EVER.
=)
Kathleen M Parker
Shame on you Leslie and I applaud you Karen! Totally agree Matt. I am 73, have COPD and on oxygen therapy 24/7. My gardening days are gone. My daughter gave me this beautiful plant for Christmas! I am loving it! It makes my days a little bit brighter to watch each bloom unfold into a beautiful flower!! Mine has two stalks and so far one has opened into three huge beautiful blooms.
Karen
Thanks Kathleen. :) ~ karen!
Lucy
Agree with Matt. Sounds like Leslie has a closet full of shameful skeletons that needs some spring cleaning pronto.
Peggy
I'm with Matt and Kathleen! This is just another way to enjoy a flower but it makes it accessible to those who don't have the ability to support one in a pot. And it increases the way amaryllis can be enjoyed immensely! It's not unkind or unloving, or even wasteful if it brings beauty and pleasure.
The whole shame thing promotes guilt and fear and it's so sad that so many live in that illusion when the focus should be on sharing beauty and love. You can just look at it a different way! There's joy to be found!
Karen, thank you for this wonderful DIY, although the waxed amaryllis bulbs I got at Trader Joe's this season were only $7 (US). At least now I know I can't keep them over, but we have all traded pictures and ooo's and ahhhs over them the last couple of weeks, and the enjoyment has far out-weighed the cost.
Karen
Hi Peggy! Yes, the price has come down in the past couple of years since they first came onto the "scene". As is usually the case with new and unique things. I actually had a reader who said she successfully saved her bulbs so you could definitely try. I imagine it depends on whether or not the entire basal plate has been removed. Even a sliver of it could be enough to grow roots from and resprout the bulb. :) ~ karen!
Sara
Karen, you are the BEST! I wish people would just lighten the eff up and realize that EVERYTHING is not a point worth raging about!!!
Thank you for this post, I learned something —once again— that I can’t wait to try!
Also…moved to a house with a sunny yard and my 2 year generalized obsession with Dahlias WHICH IS ALL YOUR FAULT is threatening to actually become a reality. I think jungle-izing the yard with giant man eating flowers should cure my husband’s bitching about my tiny blueberry plants getting in the way of the mower. (Mwah ha ha ha)
Karen
Go for it! If you want to be really sneaky, hide some strawberries in the lawn before he cuts it. The whole yard will smell like jam when he's done. ~ karen!
Meghan Elizabeth Sizer
Calm yourself dear Leslie! Thank you Karen for sharing:) this was a big help. At what point did you realize the bulb wouldn’t grow anymore? Mine looks like a few more might pop up but I also have two active blooms.
Gary
I agree completely with you Leslie. Don't listen to the others as they appear to not be real gardeners, otherwise they would not want to kill the bulb. Just goes to show you what a toss away society we have become. I am one of the editors of a garden blog and we were all quite surprised by this woman's nonchalant, almost condescending misguided boost. She reminds me of a Kardashian.
Karen
Yep. You nailed me: the Kardashian, fake gardening, bulb killer. ~ karen!
Buddy
These posts about the ethics of waxed amaryllis are great entertainment. I think there are more worthy causes to fight over. If this upsets you then so should the cruelty of cut flowers. I've seen videos where these waxed bulbs survive by removing the wax and planting them in soil.
Zachary
Your right a true plant caretaker would never ever do something so horrible and waste a life... the folly of humanity is our arrogance!!
L
I hope you don’t eat carrots or onions or lettuce or potatoes. That is too horrific to think about. Haven’t you heard the screams of a carrot as it is being pulled out of the ground?
Penney B
In this world, where there is so limited beauty and everyone is filled with guilt, shame, anxiety and feelings of insecurity, why in the world would you want to make someone feel guilty or "shame" them just for sharing an idea that might bring some joy, beauty and self-accomplishment?
BTW I have never had any bulb bloom a second year. I don't know what the "secret" to that is, but it has never worked for me.
Karen
Hi Penney B! Thanks. :) Most people don't keep their amaryllis bulbs because it's not as simple as just saving the bulb and replanting it. It needs to be fertilized throughout the rest of the year, (planted in soil) and then put into a hibernation phase in a dark area with cool temperatures. 10-12C or 50-55F for 8-10 weeks. That's the magic trick for getting it to rebloom. ~ karen!
Ellen
It is really not hard at all to get an amaryllis bulb to rebloom. I pot mine in regular potting soil and set them on the front porch all summer (I'm in central PA). Bring them in for the winter to the basement or other place they will not freeze. Do not water. Let the leaves die. In the spring, take them out, water them, set them on the front porch, and wait. They will bloom. Neighbors and people walking by with their dogs will ask, "What are they? Hibiscus?" And they multiply! Try it.
Trarie Kottkamp
Hi, I live in SF Bay Area, so extending the life of an indoor forced amaryllis or paperwhite bulb is as simple as planting it in my garden after it finishes blooming indoors and then enjoy watching it bloom outside the next year.
I got a waxed bloom as a gift this year. After reading this thread, I don't want anymore.
Zachary
I’m glad you care too. I agree. These people don’t care about plants and it’s sinful and shameful
Billy bob
Your messed up!!!
Zach
I’m not messed up the economy is. No one cares about plants only money. They feel pain but you cowards are too pathetic to look it up because your afraid of the truth... this mindset is destroying the entire planet. People don’t care as long as they have sex and Money. The worlds view on plants has been ruined by the liars of humanity.
Susan
Karen, this has been a very entertaining post. Some of your readers have an amazing sense of humour. It has to be a joke unless these people live in houses created from living vines and only eat dirt. Otherwise, it would be extremely hypocritical, wouldn't it?
Karen
Yup. Yup it would (wood), lol. ~ karen!
Rich Palumbo
Hi. Thank you for the article on waxing amaryllis bulbs! I see you wrote it a year ago saying in the article you were not sure about how they would bloom since they were still growing. I am wondering if they DID end up blooming or not. Or more specifically if you did many, would you say all of them, half of them, or about what percentage ended up blooming?
Thanks
Rich
Karen
Hi Rich! ALL of them bloomed and they bloomed well! It was amazing. Thanks for the reminder, I'll up date the post to reflect that! One of them flopped over a bit, but I just stuck a wood skewer into the bulb and tied the stem to that. ~ karen!