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Thank you for more information on one of my favorites. My 95 year old aunt passed away some 5 years ago. She had literally over a hundred bulbs growing in her yard. We dug as many as we could without falling over and brought them home to go into the ground again.
Have also planted out any that were forced around Christmas. Because we do have freezes but not ground freeze, I don't dig them. They are gorgeous in the spring. Have continued to multiply and I am looking forward to another wondrous show this year.
Like Lou, we can leave them in the ground all year here. I have some that came with the house that I am told have been here for 40 years. Actually, one bulb came with the house. It was a feeble little neglected thing about the size of a walnut that I found when pulling out overgrown junk. I didn't even know what it was - though I did know what amaryllis were - except that it was probably some kind of flower. I moved it to where it wouldn't get crowded out and didn't pay any particular attention to it except that it probably gets rose food since it is near a rose bush. In a few years it bloomed and now I have a nice little clump of bulbs.
From what I have learned on DG, the problem of the ground freezing is what sets most of us apart. I do mulch but still don't have to worry about ground freeze. Just asking, does heavy mulching hold off on the ground freeze?
