Amaryllis

I usually buy them in A&P , sometimes there's a choice of colours, this time they only had red. Very easy to grow, you put the bulb in the pot and surround it with the soil they provide. Water it then wait for it to grow. It takes about two weeks for it to get to about 2 inches (it seems like forever). But after that it seems like it grows every night, you can see the changes. One day you see the red bud pop out, the next night it pops out even more and within a couple of days it is in full bloom and it is beautiful. I love them and would love to have a window sill full of them.

By Christine Neary