Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Regelian on March 10, 2009, 08:30:21 AM
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I have found to pre-packed Nerines, one called 'Stephanie', a soft, shell pink and an unnamed red, presumedly a sarniensis hybrid. Any hints on potting soild, general care, etc.?
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Jamie,
I grow 'Stephanie' in pots. Soil is 2 parts gravel, 2 parts loam and 1 part leaf compost. Nerines flowers best when the bulbs are close together and placed half above soil.
I had few flowers last year.
Poul
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Thanks, Poul,
I think I will try a mix off 50% pumice gravel mixed with potting compost and leaf mould, possibly a bit of sand to keep it loose enough. Seems that too wet a compost is to be avoided. Are yours in plastic or clay pots? I was tending to clay as, probably similar in Denmark, we are quite wet in Cologne.
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Jamie,
I use clay pots. But I have several nerines in open garden, and even if it rains a lot in Denmark I have never had moisture problems.
Maybe I just have been lucky.
Poul