When should you plant Nerine bulbs?
Spring is the best time to plant nerine bulbs. Most are fully hardy, so once you’ve planted them you don’t have to worry about moving them to a frost-free place for winter unless the temperatures are likely to dip below -10C.
Where is the best place to plant Nerines?
For best results grow outdoors in well-drained soil in full sun, ideally sheltered by a south-or west-facing wall. They will not flower in shaded situations, and rich soils will encourage leaves rather than flowers. Nerines are also suitable for growing in containers.
What does Nerine symbolize?
Nerine symbolizes freedom and good fortune.
Is Nerine Bowdenii a perennial?
Putting on a spectacular display in the late season garden, award-winning Nerine bowdenii (Guernsey Lily) is a bulbous perennial forming clumps of strap-shaped rich green leaves. Blooming for up to 4-6 weeks, Guernsey Lilies are ideal accent plants for mixed borders, rockeries or cutting gardens.
How deep should Nerine bulbs be planted?
How to plant nerine. Plant bulbs of Nerine bowdenii 10cm (4in) apart and with the neck of the bulb showing above ground. In colder areas (northern England and Scotland), plant with about 5cm (2in) of soil over the top of the bulbs to help protect them from frost.
Do Nerines flower in their first year?
During the first year after planting, nerines can be shy to flower. Be patient: as soon as they have settled in they should produce lots of flowers. The bulbs hate being disturbed, so once you have planted them avoid moving the bulbs until they are so congested that they stop flowering.
How deep should Nerines be planted?
Are Nerines toxic?
Is Nerine bowdenii poisonous? Nerine bowdenii has no toxic effects reported.
How deep do I plant Nerine Bowdenii?
Planting Nerine Bowdenii Plant the bulbs outside, at a depth of 2in (5cm) and 6in (15cm) apart, in early to mid spring. Plant in a free draining, moderately fertility soil. Ideally they should be located near a warm sheltered wall.
Should I Feed Nerines?
If they are not flowering well give them a high potash feed in summer when they are making next year’s flower buds. The other magic ingredient is summer watering. Just because they like to be baked in the sun doesn’t mean they can go without watering to initiate flowering.
Where do nerines live in South Africa?
Distribution and habitat. Nerine are native to Southern Africa, their distribution range being from the Cape Peninsula in the south to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland to the northwest and northeast of South Africa, occupying all nine provinces of South Africa.
What is Nerine used for?
It is the most important nerine in ornamental horticulture, highly valued for its cold tolerance, suitability as a container subject and massed bedding plant, and for its long-lasting cut flowers. This deciduous, summer-growing nerine reaches up to 700 mm high in flower, and grows from a globose, offset-forming bulb, with a prominent neck.
How did the Nerine sarniensis get its name?
When Herbert chose the name of these nymphs for the first species of the genus, Nerine sarniensis, he alluded to the story of how this South African species arrived on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. It is said that a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species destined for the Netherlands was shipwrecked on Guernsey.
How do you plant a Nerine plant?
Nerines grow from bulbs. Plant them in autumn in poor, free-draining soil in full sun, ideally with the added protection of a south-or west-facing wall. Cut back after flowering and tidy up foliage as plants start to die down for winter.