Amaryllis Symphony Single Capella A Bold Statement in Your Garden

🌺 Bring home the radiant Amaryllis Symphony Single Capella, a striking variety that turns every space into a show garden. With its rich, velvety red petals contrasted by a fresh white throat, Capella is more than just a flower it's a celebration of colour, elegance, and life.

Why you'll love it 🌿

• Showstopping beauty broad, well-shaped petals with a vivid red glow and bright green-white centres.

• Perfect for South African gardens thrives in our warm summers and adapts well to both garden beds and pots.

• Fast rewards blooms within weeks of planting, bringing instant joy to patios, windowsills, or borders.

• Low maintenance strong, reliable bulbs that come back season after season.

Growing made simple 🌞💧

• Planting time: September January for summer blooms.

• Flowering: October February, filling your festive season with colour.

• Sunlight: Enjoys full sun to semi-shade.

• Soil: Prefers well-draining soil, from sandy loam to heavier soils.

• Watering: After planting, water once and allow 10 days for roots to settle. Then water every 34 days in beds or 23 days in pots until water drains freely. Always empty saucers after 30 minutes.

• Feeding: Weekly feeding with bulb food until March ensures robust flowers.

Seasonal care 🌱

• Active growth: September April.

• Dormancy: May August. Reduce watering, lift bulbs in June if desired, and store in a cool, dry spot.

• Replant: Clean bulbs in late winter and plant again for another brilliant display.

The feeling it brings

Planting Amaryllis Capella is like gifting yourself a piece of living art. Its towering stems and flamboyant red flowers brighten even the simplest corner, filling your garden or home with energy and joy. Watching the buds unfurl day by day is a delight that brings anticipation, wonder, and pride.

🌼 Whether in a pot on your patio or as part of a bold border, Capella will always command attention and admiration.

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.