Three Blossom Peacock Amaryllis Bulbs Planted For Christmas Blooms - November 2025

November is the time when the outdoor garden gets put to bed for the year, but it is also the time when I turn to some indoor (seasonal) gardening.  That usually starts with Amaryllis bulbs - or as we call them around here:  Christmas flowers.  

Last month, I posted some photos and details of the $10 Amaryllis bulbs that my local Orange Big Box store was carrying and talked about how their smaller (than what we normally buy) size would work well for a 'multiple' bulb container.

My mom has this faux birch cache pot that seemed like a perfect vessel for three smaller Christmas flowers.   I figured I'd fill it up and we can deliver it back to her for the season.

At the story, I picked-up and handled dozens of bulbs until I could find three that 'felt good' to me.  That meant that they were firm, green, had *some* roots and the foliage wasn't all strap-y and exposed already.  I've had bad luck with Big Box Amaryllis bulbs before (I've also had duds from the more-expensive nursery bulbs, too), so I wanted to see if I could find some that were more likely to succceed. 

I worked with my middle child to put this small container together.  She buried the bulbs about half-way up in potting mix, topped them with some moss we had on hand and we foraged two pinecones from the sidewalk - three houses up our block.  

Here, below is how it turned out:

Inside the cachepot is a liner that I drilled some holes in to allow for drainage.  Once planted, I watered the entire thing heavily and when I lifted up the liner, there was water in the bottom of the cachepot.  I left it overnight and it sort-of 'bottom-watered' itself and absorbed all of the water.  

Now...what variety are these?  I went with Blossom Peacock Amaryllis.  Here, below, is the bulb tag that came strapped to the bulbs:

Here's how Amaryllis dot come describes the Blossom Peacock Amaryllis:  "Blossom Peacock Double Amaryllis is a stunning beauty, double white petals with red edging. Blossom Peacock is a Peruvian bulb and is a recommended variety for holiday forcing."  

They also say that it typically sees a 5-7 week 'forcing time'.  We planted these a week ago.  Five weeks puts us on/around December 10th.  Six weeks = December 17th.  And, seven weeks = December 24th.  

Here's hoping it works out that way.