Nerine bowdenii
 

Why is it that Nerine bowdenii and other Nerines go dormant and will
remain so for several years?
David @ a wet and windy side of Swansea Bay

Nerine bowdenii
 

"David Hill" wrote ..

Why is it that Nerine bowdenii and other Nerines go dormant and will remain
so for several years?

I didn't know they did. Mine haven't flowered too well this year but they
certainly make lots of leaf growth.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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Nerine bowdenii
 

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

Why is it that Nerine bowdenii and other Nerines go dormant and will
remain so for several years?
David @ a wet and windy side of Swansea Bay

My shocking-pink nerines have never missed a year for over a decade,
multiply slowly and are all in full flower right now, one lot in a big
pot and two other patches in the garden which have been badly overgrown
by other plants but seem to be indestructible.

I have several other nerines which are much less obliging;

A very pale pink one, which has just flowered for the first time (at
least 5 years after planting; in fact I'd forgotten it), and a pot of
red ones (same vintage) which produce healthy leaves every year but have
never flowered at all. I don't know what happened to the white one
(certainly it never flowered) and can't remember where I planted it.

Janet

Nerine bowdenii
 

"Janet" wrote

david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

Why is it that Nerine bowdenii and other Nerines go dormant and will
remain so for several years?
David @ a wet and windy side of Swansea Bay

My shocking-pink nerines have never missed a year for over a decade,
multiply slowly and are all in full flower right now, one lot in a big
pot and two other patches in the garden which have been badly overgrown
by other plants but seem to be indestructible.

I have several other nerines which are much less obliging;

A very pale pink one, which has just flowered for the first time (at
least 5 years after planting; in fact I'd forgotten it), and a pot of
red ones (same vintage) which produce healthy leaves every year but have
never flowered at all. I don't know what happened to the white one
(certainly it never flowered) and can't remember where I planted it.


Don't give up on the white one, the one I planted years ago flowered last
year for the first time. I had forgotten I'd even planted it.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK