2 Lovely Nerine's

[shelagh]

At Loughborough Show yesterday were 2 beautiful Nerines.

Nerine masoniorum has always been my favourite although we lost our pot a couple of years ago but N. filamentosa was new to me and has to go on my wish list too.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely pots of Nerines, Shelagh - I see why they took your eye.

P.S. Moving this thread to Amaryllidaceae section

[daveyp1970]

Shelagh me and at least one other person i know admired the same plants,the masoniorum was just incredible.

[frits.kp]

Oh I can add a nice Nerine picture, not sure what variety it is though.

[shelagh]

Glorious pictures, don't these plants light up the gardens at this time of year. There is a little terraced house near us in Radcliffe which has nothing at all in the garden all year until autumn when it has a huge clump of Nerines and they always catch my eye as I drive past. I'm tempted to get out my spade.......

[jshields]

Nerine filamentosa and N. filifolia (said by some experts to be the same species) are very reliable bloomer for me in pots.  On the other hand, N. masoniorum rarely blooms for me, which I find very frustrating.  N. angustifolia is another small nerine that blooms reliably in a pot for me.

No nerines survive to bloom outdoors in my area (Indiana, USA).  They all have to spend the winter here under glass with heat.

Jim

[David Nicholson]

No Nerines survive to bloom in my garden either but here I think it's the wet that does it.

[shelagh]

Must write all these names down and look closely at the SRGC Seed list when it comes out.

[ronm]

I would also love to grow N.masoniorum. 

Does Nerine seed germinate OK if it is not absolutely fresh though?? 

[Darren]

Ron - like many South African Amaryllids, the few I have grown have fleshy seeds designed to germinate immediately (sometimes whilst still on the plant) and which won't tolerate dry storage.

Ron and Shelagh - I just split a large overcrowded pot of masoniorum and would be happy to send you a clump each if you PM your address.

[ronm]

Ron - like many South African Amaryllids, the few I have grown have fleshy seeds designed to germinate immediately (sometimes whilst still on the plant) and which won't tolerate dry storage.

Thank you so much for this information Darren.   DaveyP has told me much the same thing about the species he grows.    So it would seem that if we wish to acquire these Nerine sp. we really can't use the seed lists. I probably would have bought dried seeds ( and failed ) if you hadn't mentioned it, 

[Ezeiza]

As always, Darren is so generous.

Nn. masoniorum, filifolia and filamentosa are described as SE. This is, foliage evergreen but new growth and flowers develop during the warm season.

[Darren]

Ron - some of the South African seed suppliers (Silverhill for example) will send out freshly harvested Amaryllid seed if you let them know of your interest.

As Alberto says - masoniorum is effectively evergreen but takes a rest in the winter. Mine is not so evergreen this year after a snail mowed the whole pot flat to the soil in two days back in August. This is why I split it - I was going to get no flowers this year anyway

[jshields]

Must write all these names down and look closely at the SRGC Seed list when it comes out.

These Nerine seeds are all "recalcitrant" -- germinating immediately, not able to go dormant.  Remind me next July to make some seeds of filifolia, filamentosa, and angustifolia, if you are still interested; then you can get them fresh!

As mentioned before, my masoniorum tend not to bloom.  Fortunately the others do bloom reliably for me most years.

Jim

[Ezeiza]

Jim, do they offset like mad?


Second, are the bulbs buried or exposed?