Amaryllis 'Rose Cybister' Gift Box

Amaryllis 'Rose Cybister' comes as a complete growing kit in a gift-ready box from Taylors Bulbs, the Lincolnshire bulb specialists established in 1919. A cybister type with slender, reflexed petals in deep rose-red, closer to an exotic orchid than a classic amaryllis trumpet, and elegant where the big hybrids are bold. The box holds everything needed: the bulb, a pot and compost, ready to plant the day it is unwrapped.

Amaryllis are the easiest of all winter-flowering bulbs. Pot the bulb with its top third above the compost, stand it on a bright windowsill, water sparingly until growth is away, and towering flowers follow in 6 to 10 weeks: planted now, it blooms in the depths of winter. One of the best Christmas gifts for plant lovers and total beginners alike. Browse the rest of the Christmas shop, or go bigger still with the supersize amaryllis bulb.

• Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) 'Rose Cybister': spidery rose-red blooms with slender, reflexed petals
• Includes bulb, pot and compost
• Plant with the top third of the bulb above the compost, keep it bright and water sparingly until growth is away
• Typically flowers 6 to 10 weeks after planting