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Title: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: johnw on October 11, 2010, 06:07:57 PM
A few in flower this morning.

johnw
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: fleurbleue on October 11, 2010, 06:32:34 PM
Very nice plants John  ;) Where do you grow them ?
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: angie on October 11, 2010, 07:05:11 PM
Really lovey  8) I like the white one in the last picture. How tall is it ? and are you keeping them in a greenhouse.

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: David Nicholson on October 11, 2010, 07:16:52 PM
Very nice indeed John. It would be good to have the names added if you have the time please.
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: Lesley Cox on October 11, 2010, 08:04:40 PM
Beautiful flowers John. I like the deep res best. What I'm aiming for in my little forms but not having much joy so far. The best colours are not setting seed.
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: johnw on October 11, 2010, 08:38:36 PM
Angie / fleurbleu - They are in a frost free greenhouse with a minimum of 3-4c.  These sarniensis hybrids will not stand a forst or let alone a freeze.

The white is about 25 cm tall.

David - All have codes for names as none are named. The codes relate back to Sir Peter Smithers breeding records and the crosses are extremely complex with a multiude of bracketing. 

johnw
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: angie on October 11, 2010, 08:55:49 PM
Thanks John for that information.
I have a couple in my greenhouse, One just away to open well that's if we get any sun. The last few days it's been cloudy, today we got a couple of hours of sun so I had a look in the greenhouse but still no flower yet.
I only purchased a couple to see if I could get them to flower. But I can see them being addictive.

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: David Nicholson on October 11, 2010, 09:19:44 PM
Thanks for that John.
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: fleurbleue on October 11, 2010, 09:52:22 PM
Thanks for your answer John  :) I only grow N. bowdenii and bowdenii Stephanie in my garden,  hardy here, but these ones are really tempting...  :D
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: johnw on October 30, 2010, 02:14:58 AM
Wednesday night close to 11pm we had torrential rains for almost an hour followed by close to 20c here with humidity in the 90% range, 23c in the mid-Valley where I was.  Today Nerine bowdenii finally opened.

Today's noteworthy event - spied a big slug hanging from a tree on a 1 meter trapeze wire of slime.  Not something one would want to walk into face first.

johnw
Title: Re: Nerine Autumn 2010
Post by: fleurbleue on October 31, 2010, 09:22:16 AM
Beurk !  :o                 ;D
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