Amaryllis are grown in the open field or in beds and borders around the home. They are excellent landscape subjects for use as individual specimens, in mass plantings, in beds, or as part of the border planting around home grounds and in park plantings. Those planted in the garden should be set so that the top of the bulb is just covered with soil.

Bulbs should be planted from October-February and should flower within 6-8 weeks. Flowering season is March-May. Select a fairly sunny spot for an amaryllis bed because too much shade will cause small flowers. Deep shade may cause the bulb to die.

When the tops of the amaryllis die back in the fall, it is time to dig, separate, and replant. Remove the smaller offset bulbs from the mother bulb when digging them up. It will take about three years for the juvenile bulblets to bloom, but in the meantime the mother bulb will show her colors as well as produce infants for future generations of flowers.