In the middle of winter, amaryllis invites creative hobby gardeners to indulge in flower dreams. Let yourself be inspired by imaginative decoration ideas with blooming knight stars, which you can easily recreate. This guide has the instructions for creating dazzling arrangements with amaryllis in glass and on a silver platter.
How can I arrange an amaryllis decoratively?
You can decorate amaryllis stylishly in a glass or on a silver platter by placing the bulb in moss and surrounding it with branches, cones and a string of lights. Add accents with Christmas baubles, ribbons and artificial snow for a festive atmosphere.
Decorate amaryllis in a glass – idea for the Advent season
When it's stormy and snowing outside, an amaryllis in a glass enchants with winter flowers. Surrounded by adorable accessories, the blooming queen of winter invites you to dream. The following instructions explain how you can skillfully realize the decoration idea:
Material requirements
- 1 glass vase, e.g. B. Floor vase
- 1 knife
- 1 scissors
- 1 rose scissors
- 1 wire cutters
- 1 hot glue gun
- 1 waxed amaryllis
- Christmas balls of your choice
- Bow Ribbon
- artificial snow
- glass ice cubes
- Boullion wire
- Olive Green
- beautifully shaped branches
- Lights, battery operated
Step-by-step instructions
If all the accessories are ready to hand on the table, the decoration fun can begin:
- Cleaning glass vase
- Fill in artificial snow to cover the ground (optionally moss or similar ground material)
- Spread ice crystals on the artificial snow
- Screw olive green into the glass (alternatively fir green or thuja branches)
- Position the amaryllis in the middle of the glass
- Wrap the battery compartment of the fairy lights with ribbon and secure with bouillon wire
- Arrange fairy lights artfully
- Place the branch on the vase opening (fix with hot glue if necessary)
With the Christmas balls you can give your amaryllis in the glass the finishing touch. Hang the balls from the branch so that they dangle elegantly above the Knight's Star bulb and outside the vase.
Decorate amaryllis for Christmas – idea with instructions
Are you looking for a festive, elegant decoration with amaryllis? Then serve the majestic flower on a silver platter. With matching accessories you can put an amaryllis in a wax coat in the Christmas spotlight. The following instructions explain how the decoration idea works:
Material requirements
- Amaryllis bulb with clearly visible shoots
- Crystal gel or artificial snow
- Ice crystal shards or reflex beads
- Metal spatula or brush
- Pine cones, pine cones, larch cones
- branches
- Succulents
- Slab moss
- Cushion moss
- Flower Wire
- Hot glue gun
- Silver plate
- Lights, battery operated
Step-by-step instructions
In the first step, dedicate yourself to the amaryllis as the main protagonist. Remove the soil from the bulb. Place the flower bulb on the moss. Use floral wire to attach the moss coat to the bulb. The steps continue:
- Place the amaryllis bulb in the middle of the silver plate
- Decorate the moss coat with reflective beads
- Decorate branches with artificial snow, ice crystal chips and cones
- Arrange cushion moss in fluffy balls around the amaryllis
- Place decorated branches on the moss balls
- Place succulents between the cushion moss (or mini poinsettias)
- Use pine, fir and larch cones as gap fillers
- Spread out the fairy lights
With imaginative variations, you can adapt this decoration idea to your living style. On a rustic wooden plate with hearty accessories such as carved figures, an amaryllis fits harmoniously into the country house style. If the winter flowers shine on a glass plate, surrounded by white and glass decorative utensils, the arrangement harmonizes wonderfully with a modern living ambience.
Tip
You can decorate hanging amaryllis artfully with thuja branches, which you wrap around the flower stem with colorful ribbons. Spice up the green decoration with shiny Christmas balls, funny pendants, glittering tinsel strips and a mini LED string of lights. You can read here how to hang an amaryllis correctly.
