Related: Amaryllis Is a Must-Have Holiday Flower—Here's Why. How Waxed Amaryllis Bulbs Work. With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the last thing you need is yet more to take care of.

It’s about time to start decking those halls. I love using natural materials and plants as holiday décor, and one plant known for merry and bright is the amaryllis.

An amaryllis vase is a glass vessel that is designed to hold a single bulb above a reservoir of water so the roots stay hydrated, but the bulb doesn't get too wet. They can have tall sides to help ...

If that’s not enough to discourage you, this may be the coup de grâce: If you want amaryllis bulbs that are fresh off the farm, so to speak, now is the time to buy them because of the growing ...

Amaryllis and other “forcing bulbs” are easy to grow and very showy. The large bulbs can be purchased either bare or coated with wax. The wax-coated ones supposedly don’t need to be watered ...

So it’s good, indeed preferable, to get the gift of an amaryllis bulb for the season but then to forge a private communion with the emerging bloom in the gray stillness of January.

Keep garden bulbs mulched. The plants will grow again in spring. Move potted amaryllis to a cool area indoors before frost and allow to remain dry and dormant 10 to 12 weeks.

If you plan to have an amaryllis blooming for Christmas, you may want to know what to do with the bulb after the plant is done blooming. Some people discard them, but if given proper care, it’s ...

Steve Solomon, in the new edition of his classic “Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades” (Sasquatch Books, 2007, $21.95) advises that what you plant by mid-October will need to last until ...

Amaryllis bulbs produce colorful blooms in red, pink and white, as well as striped white and red. They are also easy to grow, will spread out over time, and might still be in stores now.

Brent Heath, co-owner of Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, has been working the family business for 50 years and says the company has been selling amaryllis in winter since he can remember.