A Christmas Cornucopia
A Simple Amaryllis Display, Christmas-Filled Lamps, Easy Homemade Canapés & Festive Fizz Links & Offers!
I’ve so much still to share with you about Christmas, but I’m running out of time, so there will be two posts this week, with another on Sunday, where I am inviting you all into our barn for our very own Christmas party. See today’s post as a good old rummage in Santa’s sack, a veritable pick and mix of festive delights, a Christmas cornucopia.
But, before we dive headlong into my big box of tinsel, most of this post and Sunday’s will be for paid members as last Sunday’s was a freebie. If you’d like to join us for the rest of this post today and our Christmas party and tour of the barn on Sunday, then why not upgrade? It’s 25% off right now!
A simple Amaryllis arrangement
I fell in love with Amaryllis many years ago and I find them much more jolly and festive than Poinsettias this time of year. They last a lot longer and don’t shrivel up and die with the central heating on. There are a few things you need to do to make sure they stay at their best over the Christmas period though.
I’m planning to try and keep my bulbs and make them flower again next year. I’ve written a post on how to do to it and that will be coming your way early in the new year, whilst I’m on holiday. I’ve never been that successful at it, but I’m determined to try again and get it right.
Because of this I have planted my bulbs in a light compost about a third of the depth of the bulb. I’m watering and feeding them while they flower and then cutting off the flower stalks when they are spent. I just used a simple tomato feed. If you want to do the same, then make sure you don’t cut off the leaves. Once they are completely done flowering you need to keep watering and feeding for a few weeks afterwards. I’ll tell you what else to do in the new year.
It’s important to stake the blooms whilst flowering, as they have a tendency to snap when the flowers get too heavy. I used fresh berry stems poked into the compost for support, slightly on the diagonal across the Amaryllis stems. It looks pretty and does the job. I finished the whole thing off with some fresh moss.
Festive Wreath-sharing on Chat this Friday at 5pm GMT. Come and join us for a Friday tipple and share a photo of your festive wreath, swag, festoon or anything else Christmassy. It’s completely private, just like our own WhatsApp group. You can find chat at the top of my homepage on the web, or in the app.
