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Plants known as holiday amaryllis are really hippeastrums and they are not hardy enough to survive outside in our cold, wet winters.

Most of them are hippeastrums, but the culture of all is similar.

A: The plants sold as holiday amaryllis are actually hippeastrums.

These South African natives are closely related to the true amaryllis, but hippeastrums aren’t hardy in Western Washington and won’t survive our winters.