.png) Hippeastrum x johnsonii $9.95
- Late spring to early summer flowering
- Height: 1½ to 2 feet
- Light requirements: half-day to full sun, flowers more profusely when grown in full sun
- Soil requirements: average soil that is well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Grows from a bulb into a slowly expanding clump of bulbs
- An older plant will be surrounded by many smaller offsets that can easily be separated and replanted elsewhere
- Green strap-like leaves are tinged with copper in strong light
- Grows well in a pot. At least one authority reports it to survive outdoors in the ground to USDA Zone 5. We cannot verify this, but know for certain that it survives to at least USDA Zone 7.
- Related to the florists' amaryllis, this is also called Saint Joseph's lily.
- Originating in about 1800, possibly from two species, H. reginae and H. vittatum
Naturalized in gardens in southern California and the Deep South, this is undemanding in climates warm enough for its survival. To flower well it needs at least a half day of sunlight. In time a plant will produce many smaller bulbs around itself, and we suggest that you thin out their numbers every few years and fertilize the soil so that you will get more flowers. Several flowers are produced per stem. Each is bright scarlet with a creamy throat. Lightly fragrant. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 7 |
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