When it's freezing and snowing outside, white amaryllis set wintry accents on the windowsill. We have put together a selection of the most beautiful floral ice queens for you here. Practice-oriented care tips for the white-flowered knight star show how cultivation can be successful over several years.
White amaryllis look particularly classy white
Fairytale amaryllis varieties in brilliant white
In a pot or as a cut flower in a vase, white amaryllis impress with their flawless appearance and contrast wonderfully with ornamental foliage plants or colorfully flowering conspecifics. The following selection introduces you to the most beautiful varieties of Ritterstern with single and double white flowers:
- Alfresco inspires with lavishly filled, pure white flowers; Growth height 50-60 cm
- Ampute features simple, elegant funnel flowers; Growth height 30-40 cm
- Antarctica mesmerizes us with the whitest blooms a knightstar has to offer; Growth height 50-60 cm
- Jewel gives off an aromatic scent from its semi-double flowers; Growth height 30-40 cm
Pure romance spreads the premium variety Marilyn with slightly ruffled and double flowers. If you are looking for an innovation in white amaryllis, you will find it in the new Garden line. Instead of a single, mighty bulb, many small bulbs thrive here, each with a flower stalk and several small, white flowers.
Useful care tips for white and colored amaryllis
The subtropical knight star is out of the ordinary in many respects. Immigrated from southern Brazil and the Andes Mountains of Peru, the bulbous plant follows a reverse vegetative cycle, flowering in winter, growing in summer, and dormant in fall. With this care you meet the special cultivation requirements of an amaryllis:
- After planting, only water when the flower stalks and buds sprout
- Pour a knight star primarily from below by pouring the water into the saucer
- Fertilize every 14 days with the start of leaf growth until the end of July
- Promptly cut off each withered flower from the main stem
- Only cut off the main stem just above the bulb at the end of the flowering period
Please keep this maintenance program until July. During this month, gradually reduce the amount of watering so that the plant is in dry soil from August. In September, the knight star moves to a cool, dark room. Now it's time to cut off the fed leaves. In November, ring in the new season by repotting the bulbs in fresh potting soil.
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A wedding in ice and snow has its own special appeal. With a bouquet of white amaryllis, the happy bride is transformed into a fairytale snow queen. Since Knight's Star lasts 14 days or longer as a cut flower, the bridal bouquet in the vase spreads its magical flair far beyond the big day.