Choose a sturdy pot with drainage holes, allowing around 3cm between the bulb and the pot’s edge.
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Amaryllis
'Lemon Cream'
syn. Hippeastrum 'Lemon Cream'
Not all Amaryllis varieties are known for their subtlety, so be prepared to be bowled over by the elegant grace of Hippeastrum 'Lemon Cream'. This sophisticated beauty is sure to charm all who cross her path, with her stunning large trumpet-shaped flowers in vintage shades of creamy white fading to olive-green throats. The petals are tastefully edged in a fine wavy line of rosy red, which frames this bloom to perfection.
Even before this beautiful bulb comes into flower, the emerging unopened flower buds of Hippeastrum 'Lemon Cream'. look gorgeous in their subtle rose-red and olive green colours. This Amaryllis will produce one or two flowering stems in succession, ensuring several weeks of beautiful blooms. Like other hippeastrums, 'Lemon Cream'. is native to South and Central America, and is not frost hardy, so is best grown indoors. By potting up the bulb into a free-draining compost mix in autumn, the bulb will be ready to begin flowering in winter, and can be kept to flower again year after year. And once you grow the exquisite Hippeastrum 'Lemon Cream'., you won’t want to be without her!
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Use peat-free multipurpose compost and position the bulb with its pointed end upwards. Leave the neck and upper third of the bulb above the compost.
Place the pot indoors in a warm, bright position away from direct heat. Turn it regularly as the stem grows to keep it straight.
Water lightly after planting, then sparingly until growth appears. Increase watering as the plant develops, keeping the compost lightly moist but never waterlogged.
Remove faded flowers, but retain the flower stalk until it yellows. Continue watering and feeding while the leaves remain green to replenish the bulb.
- Botanical name
- Hippeastrum (Diamond Group) 'Lemon Cream'
- Flower colour
- Cream, green, red edges
- Bulb size
- 30/32
- Established height
- 50-70cm
- Established spread
- 20-30cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
- Upright
- Hardiness
- Tender
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- Yes
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- Yes
- Scented
- No
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
- Free draining
- Soil type
- Multipurpose compost
- Suitable for
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Indoors
Pots - Sunlight
- Full sun
- Toxicity
-
Harmful if eaten
Skin/eyes irritant - Years to establish
- 1st year
Perfect for pots
For indoor growing
Thrives in full sun
RHS Recommended
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Needs winter protection
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