Peacock Teal Amaryllis Bulbs — Double Petals with Gilded Rims

Teal is a color flowers rarely hold, and this one holds it flat. In morning light the petals read peacock blue; by lamplight they turn jade. The gold rim stays constant, which is what keeps the whole thing from looking painted. It is a double, so the color stacks in layers and darkens toward the center.

What you get

• One bulb per count ordered, 26/28 cm circumference — large enough to throw two stems.
• A shifting color — expect blue-green rather than true blue; no amaryllis is pigment-blue.
• Two stems, four to six blooms each, opening in sequence so a single bulb flowers for five or six weeks.
• Boxed in kraft card with a planting card, not loose in a mailer.

Planting

• Pot: a 6–7 in pot per bulb, two-thirds soil, one-third bulb above the rim — amaryllis sulk when they are buried.
• Water: soak once at planting, then keep the mix just damp. Wet soil around the bulb is the usual reason a big bulb never opens.
• Light: Cool, bright light. Warmth turns the teal toward green — a south or west window, or a grow light for 12 hours a day.
• Root in the dark first: 2–3 weeks in a cool, darkish room gets roots down before the stem runs up.
• Stake it early. A double this heavy leans, and it will not straighten again once the flowers open.
• Photograph it in daylight. Under warm bulbs the gold reads brass and the blue disappears.

After the flowers

• Deadhead as each bloom fades; the color holds better on the remaining buds when spent flowers are removed.
• Keep watering until the leaves yellow in late summer.

Bulbs ship dormant and firm, 26/28 cm around, boxed to protect the nose. Orders leave in 5–7 working days; 8–25 working days in transit. Petal color shifts a little with light and temperature — the cooler the room, the deeper the bloom.