Nerine 2020

[fermi de Sousa]

Good work there Fermi.  There are some new Dutch bowdeniis that are close to that colour, as well as many good red bowdenii x sarniensis. Be interesting to get some of those genes into that hybrid to produce summer flowerers.

john

Hi John,
I was told a while ago by a nerine breeder that the problem with Nerine bowdenii is that its hybrids are sterile so breeding lines aren't possible. I haven't used it myself because it struggles in this garden! I got one recently and it flowered and I put some pollen on it so will have to see for myself!
cheers
fermi

[Diane Whitehead]

a note I wrote:  interspecific crosses are often sterile but produce fertile pollen.
I did not write the source.

I crossed N undulata with N bowdenii Edelweiss but the seeds did not germinate

[fermi de Sousa]

Unnamed Nerine hybrids, pink and white,
from Peter Genat in the Dandenongs a few years ago
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

This hybrid came from someone at our garden club at one of our Swaps Days.
I've planted it at the base of an apple tree to afford it some protection,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Nerine filifolia last week and yesterday
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Nerine flexuosa 'Alba' is apparently now included in Nerine undulata but not in our garden 😁
cheers
fermi

[ashley]

Nerine flexuosa 'Alba'

Such a nice plant

[fermi de Sousa]

Such a nice plant

Yes, Ashley, and usually in flower on Mother's day so especially nice.
Here's another "reclassified" one - we got it as Nerine crispa but it's apparently also included in Nerine undulata.
It's flowering along with N. 'Afterglow' which is supposed to be a N. bowdenii hybrid,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Nerine pudica which we got last year flowering against a background of Nerine filifolia
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

This pink nerine had not flowered since it was planted here a long time ago until this season!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Nerine flexuosa 'Alba' is apparently now included in Nerine undulata but not in our garden 😁

The pink form has now joined the white in flower
cheers
fermi

[ashley]

Nerine gracilis

[Karaba]

A nice one, Ashley. Its wide petals are quite unusual in the genus.

[Gerdk]

Nerine bowdenii var. wellsii ex Mont Aux Sources, South  Africa -
seeds came from the late Harry Hay

Gerd

[Gail]

Nerine bowdenii in the dry garden at Hyde Hall