Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Armin]

needless to say - I like the crocus posy

[Lvandelft]

It was the same pot shown before in October Armin. After 2 weeks in the show hall still in full flower, but alas almost over.

[johnw]

Luit - isabel has a very strong colour for a bowdenii.  Good to see.

Nerine bowdenii is hours away from opening in the garden here.

johnw

[Lvandelft]

We could admire some nice crocus this week

Crocus ligusticus Milessimo
Crocus boryi                               
Crocus cartwrightianus Albus   

[Lvandelft]

a few more white ones:

Crocus pulchellus Albus
Crocus ochroleucus   

[Lvandelft]

and some recently named Nerine bowdenii hybrids in vases were at the show as well:

Nerine bowdenii Alexandra                       
Nerine bowdenii Lady Cerise
Nerine bowdenii Athena                     

[Lvandelft]

Nerine bowdenii Berenice           
Nerine bowdenii zalmkl.                     
                 

[Maggi Young]

Oh yes, nice selection this week - full of light and colour.

[David Nicholson]

One of these days I'm going to grow a Nerine

[Lvandelft]

David, that's just the spirit for an adventurous gardener like you are 

[David Nicholson]

 

[johnw]

That bowdeniii 'Zalmkl' is exquisite.  Has it hit the market yet?

David  - if you get cracking you can flower a Nerine in 10 months from seed.  By then your first cheque will have arrived.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Really? Flowering in  10 months from seed ?  Now I reckon you have got a few of us sitting up and paying attention!

[Lvandelft]

That bowdeniii 'Zalmkl' is exquisite.  Has it hit the market yet?

johnw

John I am not so good informed about the market, but as long as I am in gardening I always wondered about hardly seeing Nerine flowers in flower shops. They have always been sort of exclusive and only seen in the better shops.
Think it has to do with difficult packaging for transport of these delicate flowers.
These newer hybrids are a bit easier because when in bud and the flowers don't need to be all open when they come onto the market. The buds will open in the vase.

[Lvandelft]

Slowly the flowers of this autum are disappearing at the weekly shows.
Here some Nerine and an autumn Crocus:

Nerine flexuosa Alba           
Nerine sarniensis [nn]

Crocus laevigatus Dark Form