Bred by Miyake Nursery 1995, registered by Zabo Plants B.V. 1996. Sure, you can fault 'Jewel' for being outclassed by numerous, more truly double white amaryllises. For Emaryllis, though, this one is the cat's meow! Waxy, semi-trumpet shaped blooms with smooth-edged, pointed tepals featuring a distorted extra tepal or three. That saucy, black-cherry eye in the center can still peek out. Another bonus...close inspection will reward the nose with a light, clean fragrance! Not being a huge fan of most doubles, about the only thing that would improve 'Jewel' would be to have it as a nice, clean single. The plant is reluctant to go to bed; it seems to only require a brief pause in autumn, then it's ready to put up scapes. For this reason, it is sometimes found sprouting out upon purchase.
