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Bring timeless beauty into your home and garden with the Amaryllis Sonata Single Marula. This two-bulb pack offers soft, creamy-white blooms brushed with delicate pink undertones 🌸 an elegant contrast to lush green stems that instantly brighten any space.
🌞 Thrives in sun and semi-shade ideal for South African gardens and patios.
🌱 Effortless growing even beginner gardeners will see spectacular flowers within weeks.
🌺 Long-lasting display blooms from October to February, ensuring months of charm.
🪴 Versatile planting grow in garden beds or containers, making it easy to enjoy indoors and out.
🌿 Compact beauty grows to a graceful 40 cm height, perfect for borders, pots, or centrepieces.
When to plant: September January for summer flowering.
Soil: Well-draining is best, but tolerates anything from heavy loam to light sand.
Depth & spacing: Plant with the bulb's neck above the soil, 10 cm apart.
Watering:
After planting water once, then wait 10 days for roots to settle.
Thereafter water every 34 days in garden beds, or every 23 days in pots until water drains through.
Always empty saucers after watering.
🌱 Active growth: September April.
🍂 Dormant rest: May August (water sparingly or not at all).
🌼 Flowers: October February, a true summer spectacle.
🌾 Lifting: June, if storing bulbs keep them cool and dry until replanting in spring.
Feed weekly with Hadeco Bulb Food until March for stronger blooms. Continue watering into April, then let bulbs rest. Once leaves yellow and wilt, bulbs may remain in the soil or be lifted, stored, and replanted the following season.
Amaryllis Marula is more than a flower it's a celebration of summer, bringing effortless elegance and joy into your space.
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Common name: amaryllis, Christmas flower
Sun exposure: Full sun and semi-shade
Planting time: September January
Flowering time: October - February
Active growth: September - April
Dormant: May August
Lifting time: June
Type: True bulb
Mature height: 40cm
Planting depth: Plant with the neck above the soil
Plant spacing: 10cm apart
Watering: After planting, water and then wait 10 days for the roots to stabilise. Thereafter, water every 3-4 days when planted in the ground for 10 minutes. If you have planted them in containers, water every 2-3 days, until water runs out from the bottom of the container. Empty saucers 30 minutes after watering.
Position and soil
Amaryllis is one of the easiest plants to grow. It produces gorgeous blooms in just a few weeks after planting. They are happy in well-draining soil, but tolerate a variety of soils, ranging from heavy loam to light sand.
Further Care
Feed weekly with Hadeco Bulb Food until March. Watering should continue into April and can come to a halt from May. Bulbs can remain in the soil or be lifted once the foliage is yellow and has wilted. If you choose to lift, store them in cool and dry places (a dark cupboard or garage will do) and then at the end of winter it can be cleaned of old brown foliage and replanted in the garden or pots.