Scientific name: Nerine bowdenii
Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE
Common names: “Bowden lily”
Plant Type: Bulb
Conditions:
Zone: 7-10
Light: Full sun
Exposure: Sheltered, protect from cold
Soil: Any moderately fertile soil
Moisture: Evenly moist well drained during growing season, best dry in summer
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: H 18-24″ W 6″
Leaf and Stem shape: Strap-shaped rich green leaves
Flower: Erect stems bearing umbels of hot pink flowers from August – October
Maintenance: Low, needs a designated open space without many plants around them, plant quite close together with their necks and any green leaves just above the surface of the soil, multiply like crazy and can be divided every 2-3 years, if in a container they will require some winter protection, enjoys a fertilizer boost in the Spring when actively growing, mulch
Landscape use: Containers, mass planted, drifts, cottages, under shrubs and trees, long lasting cut flowers
Propagate: By seed and division
Pests & Disease: Maybe slugs
*Deer proof?
Comments: ~AGM winner, one of the few bulbs which flowers late in the year
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