Nerine 2020

[Gail]

The glasshouse




'Grape Juice'


hardy nerines


Nerine bowdenii in the rock garden

[Maggi Young]

I'm still drooling  over  'Amschel' - superb!!

[Gail]

Gorgeous isn't it!
After visiting Exbury I went across to stay with my sister on the Isle of Wight and Ken Hall, the National Collection holder, very kindly let us visit his collection. He was delightful and is probably one of the best horticulturalists I've met; everything was grown to the very highest standard and he is not just into nerines but also some interesting succulents and has an expanding snowdrop collection and things like sternbergias...





Nerine bowdenii 'Ostara'


Nerine bowdenii 'Mark Fenwick'


And what about this for a display of bowdenii?

[Gail]

And to finish off the weekend, I stopped at Wisley on my way home on Monday;
Nerine bowdenii 'Vesta K'


Nerine bowdenii 'Like a Virgin'


and displayed in the glasshouse

'Akhenaten'


and Nerine sarniensis 'Mertoun'

[ArnoldT]

Gail

After that what;s your idea of an encore?

[Gail]

Do have plans for next Saturday... 

[ashley]

Thank you for all these wonderful photos Gail.  Magnificent.

[johnw]

Smashing shots there Gail, some day I'll have to make it over to see these collections.

Which were the new bowdeniis that stood out in your mind?

I spent the last 2 weeks trying to assess and record stats on the better Nerines here.  It's a bit of a horror show keeping things straight. Discovered one with 17 flowers per truss, not fully opened yet.

A few new ones from today, Quest seems to figure prominently in the parentage of a number of very good ones here:

Nerine PS-13-03 'David Lionel'  x  'Simone' selfed-25507b - will pot this one seperately to see if it will bulk up with more flowers. Cranberry red & impossible to capture properly.
Nerine PS-05   ('Belladonna' x 'Stephanie')-26425a  x  'Simone' selfed-25507a
Nerine PS-02-08 'Quest'  x  ('Zambia' x 'Ken Scott')-24113b

A lovely sunny day at 19c after torrential rains yesterday.
 
johnw

[Gail]

I like 'Lipstick' best of the new bowdenii. Wisley have planted a lot of 'Like a Virgin' around the glasshouse cafe area. I'm not sure that it is an improvement on 'Bianca Perla' although possibly a more popular selling name...

[Maggi Young]

I like 'Lipstick' best of the new bowdenii. Wisley have planted a lot of 'Like a Virgin' around the glasshouse cafe area. I'm not sure that it is an improvement on 'Bianca Perla' although possibly a more popular selling name...

 See Gail's photo of  Nerine  'Lipstick' here : https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16966.msg407985#msg407985

[johnw]

I like 'Lipstick' best of the new bowdenii. Wisley have planted a lot of 'Like a Virgin' around the glasshouse cafe area. I'm not sure that it is an improvement on 'Bianca Perla' although possibly a more popular selling name...

re: N. bowdenii 'Lipstick'

Agreed, we're anxiously awaiting the day when the Dutch get it to Canada!

john

[Gail]

Diane - reply from Nick de Rothschild regarding the 'Quest';
"I think our Quest came in a batch of bulbs from Wisley - and where that came from who knows! Often what happens is a seed will drop into a pot and up comes a new hybrid, and before you know it someone else puts a label in it. Ken's Quest probably came from Norris and so on. I am afraid we are not over fussy and in this case I photographed a pot which had Quest on the label. If I were you/she I'd take Ken's as the correct one - he is, after all, one of the greatest nerine growers around."
Nikko

[Diane Whitehead]

Thanks, Gail.

I wonder if Nick will amend his website.

[johnw]

How I miss the weekly reports Luit would post from Lisse!  Why have none of the spectacular N. bowdenii selections ever been released?

johnw
20c here today and mild through next week.

[Diane Whitehead]

I bought Bianca Perla,  Bicolor, Edelweiss, Isabel, and Lipstick last year from Phoenix Perennials in Vancouver.  Bianca Perla is in flower right now.