2018 Amaryllis Bulb - Double Flowering Nymph
Like a lot of you guys, I have a whole bunch of Christmas traditions. Sure, there's the Christmas Train and all the various foodstuffs, but there's also one that is gardening-related: Planting an amaryllis bulb. Here's a post showing the two bulbs I planted last year (one from Wannemaker's and one from Menards) . If you look at that post, you'll notice that the one from Menards - that cost $2.99 - never took off while the $15 version from Wannemakers shot up and bloomed right around Christmas Day. This year, I simplified things and decided to just do one of these and (obviously) went with what worked last year and bought the $15 version from Wannemakers. You can see how they pack the bulbs above in a kind of foam carriage to protect the bulb while keeping it free from trapping moisture. When I was at the store recently, I couldn't remember what variety I bought last year, but remembered that I went with a double flowering version. So, I poked arou