Nerine 2016

[Maggi Young]

More, and I hope better, pictures of Nerine x mansellii.

Good strong pink, isn't it?  I like that - and I've a soft spot for the red ones too.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Yes Maggi, they are all special in their own way.

[johnw]

Your own crossings John?  How long do they take from seed?

Most of the ones in flower were originally from Sir Peter Smithers. The first batch he sent were o.p. from his selected hybrids.  As we did so well with them he sent his last batch of hand-pollinated crosses to us before he sent the collection on to Exbury.


Joe flowered one from batch one in 16-18 months, usually 2-3 years or at 3-5cm in diameter will produce a stalk.


john

[johnw]

Another shot of Nerine bowdenii 'Isabel', a good sturdy bowdenii.

The ever dependable N. x sarniensis 'Cherry Ripe' which might appeal to Maggi.

A seedling of the cross N. PS 2 -01 'Quest' x ('Zambia' x 'Ken Scott'), doesn't pass the quality test.

A small-flowered pale salmon though with a good flower count.

johnw

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Wolsey' really is Cardinal red.

[johnralphcarpenter]

There is a pale-flowered bowdenii called 'Stefanie', but also a sarniensis variety, quite widely grown, bred at Borde Hill by Col. Robert Stephenson Clarke & this one is 'Stephanie'

And here is Nerine bowdenii 'Stefanie'.

[johnw]

Ralph  - I wonder if this N. bowdenii might be 'Stefanie'?  It's growing in a friend's garden.


johnw - +13c, windy at 33kt with gusts to 50kts.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Could well be - it is quite widely available in UK - don't know about Canada.

[johnw]

Could well be - it is quite widely available in UK - don't know about Canada.

All would have come from Holland.


john

[johnw]

I wonder how many growers wait long enough to properly assess their Nerine seedlings.  Here is a new one, Nerine PS-09-05, a cross of 'David Lionel' x ('Bagdad' x 'Pantaloon') by Sir Peter Smithers.  It first flowered on 9 November 2014 and was described as late, 5 flowers per truss, small flowers purple with red central stripes.  This year it opened 25 October, the description reads: 8 flowers per truss, very bright and strong red with barely developing purple edges - not late.  One can only hope the purple disappears down the road and the flower size and count increases.  Quite a starling colour though a most uncooperative photo subject.


john

[ashley]

You have a nice collection John.
Although I grow only a few I find that colour varies somewhat from year to year, including species.

[johnw]

You have a nice collection John.
Although I grow only a few I find that colour varies somewhat from year to year, including species.

Ashley  - While some of the colour changes have been rather minor others are dramatically different. As in:


 

2014 - 11 FLWRS / TRUSS, SPIDERY FLWRS,  SALMON BUT FAINT TINGE OF PURPLE, WHITISH CENTRES, ANTHERS BLACK PURPLE EMRGING & CHANGING TO WHITE.

2011 - 9 FLWRS / TRUSS, MATTE DARK CORAL PINK

2010 - 9 FLWRS /    TRUSS, LARGE PURPLE PINK

john

[David Nicholson]

Given that I can't grow Nerines for toffee, here's a couple of bowdenii clones I bought from my visit to the National Nerine Collection a couple of weeks ago. The odds against them appearing in these pages next year are pretty low

[ashley]

Those look nice David.  I'm sure they'll do fine for you in the garden, especially if it's a sunny, well-drained spot.
Last week in north Clare I saw a small garden with borders completely full of N. bowdenii in front of a pale blue house (no photos unfortunately).   

[David Nicholson]

They grow like weeds in many gardens in Devon Ashley, but sadly never in mine....... so far