On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:11:28 +0000, echinosum
wrote:


I planted some Nerine bowdeni around my young Judas Tree about 8 years
ago, about a foot from the trunk. I got the occasional flower in the
first couple of years, but for about 5 years none. The bulbs have
multiplied, so there are some clumps of them, probably about 20
individual bulbs now. There were plenty of leaves in the spring and
early summer, till they died back in late summer, which I think is
normal. I watered them during the dry periods. I scattered some
fertiliser about. Other bulbs in the same bed - tulips, alliums -
flower. Primulas flower and wild strawberries fruit there. The Judas
tree, after sulking for a few years, has got its feet down and is now
growing vigorously. But not a flower off the Nerine. What am I doing
wrong?

I can only speak from my own experience, having tried many times in
the past to get nerines to flower.
A friend had a clump in her sunny, well-drained garden which had
pushed themselves up out of the soil. She dug up part of the clump
for me. I sat the clump on top of some soil in a 10 inch pot, and put
it agaiinst the front wall of my house, east facing. They are just
flowering beautifully for the 4th year in succession. I've done
nothing to them, no feed, no water, and they look wonderful.

Pam in Bristol