Hey Phil, that'll be an interesting cross! Not sure that it'll be hardy up there in your zone though, Easter lily's barely survive my zone 5-6 winters here in Massachusetts. you'll have something very special if that cross is successful buddy. They'll plump back up but you may not notice it, that is if they are still viable. Hope it works, and be sure to keep us posted. Chaz

Hi I keep getting conflicting information and can't seem to get to the bottom of it. Posted below a snipped segment from http://www.bulbsociety.org/ABOUT_IBS/Publications/HERBERTIA/vol52/HybridizingHippeastrums.html all I want is some seeds that will throw up a few white doubles is that so hard? Yes I've looked at Mcguires and they don't have a pure white double that I can see. And certainly not for sale at the moment, but thanks for the suggestion Donna it was a good one. snipped... I'm one person who likes double hippeastrums. A lot. So was the late Ivan Kenney. Ivan hybridized for doubles and produced some beauties, none of which, to my knowledge, he introduced. For many years we were privileged to see some of Ivan's creations at our annual amaryllis shows sponsored by the Southern California Hemerocallis and Amaryllis Society. He often took blue ribbons and even higher prizes for his double hybrids. Ivan told me that there are some tricks to producing double hippeastrums. He said that, as a rule of thumb, if you cross two doubles, you might get up to 50% of the resultant seedlings producing some doubling in the progeny's flowers. Even so, very double flowers are not all that common among the seedlings. On the other hand, if you cross a double with a single the doubling falls off sharply and you would be lucky to get up to 25% of the progeny's flowers showing some doubling. Very double flowers are even less common among the seedlings of these crosses than when two doubles are crossed. If you are interested in hybridizing for double hippeastrums you might bear these figures in mind.

Vic, yes I still have the dogwood. Email me at mixonpecan@bellsouth.net for us to trade shipping addresses. flowersoffate, I do have some named ones, here is the list, Gardenia Dr. W. Van Fleet Felicite et Perpetue Dorothy Perkins Crimson Rambler Cherokee Rose Let me know. Thank you, Monique

Put another post on September to December I have a few different ones growing. Hippeastrums seeds have to be planted very fresh and the above time is when mine are ready.. Cheers MM.