We call them amaryllis, but botanically, these bulbs are Hippeastrum. In the Amaryllidaceae family, their cousins include many of the bulbs we plant in fall including daffodils and “naked ladies ...

The botanical name for Amaryllis is hippeastrum. There are many different ... to be awed by the exotic and unseasonal blooms of forced bulbs at this time of year. The scarcity of winter flowers ...

For many years, all the children in my family were given amaryllis bulbs as Christmas gifts by my mother, and we’d rush to ...

The large-flowered varieties of amaryllis (Hippeastrum) are called Dutch or ... from smaller starter bulbs to huge bulbs that will bear several blooms at a time. There are also several ...