Peak Nerine sarniensis bloom

A selection of Nerine sarniensis hybridisation , most from the United Kingdom ’s National Collection , kept by Ken Hall at Springbank Nursery on the Isle of White . As is still alot of taxonomic uncertainty , please use these representatives loosly , since I have duplicate clones that are , well , different . no matter , all are still beautiful , and I ca n’t imagine fall without these relatives of the Amaryllis in blooming .

Here are a selection of named varieties which mostly are from the U.K. and a few unidentified varieties . Known unremarkably as the Guersey lily , Nerine sarniensis are comparatively unnamed in the U.S. , if one does discover Nerine available at a garden marrow or catalog , most likely it will be the other autumn flowering Nerine , N. bowdenii . N. sarniensis reportedly are lie with as Guernsey Lilies because of a ledgend about a ship tie up from South Africa , sunk off the shore of Guernsey , and century of bulbs wash ashore , where they are now naturalized .

Nerine sarniensis are noted for another strange phenomenon , they sparkle when sunshine refracts or reverberate off of them , something Victorian cultivator in England yell Gold ( on some red mixture like Wolsey ) or flatware Dusting . See some of the exposure below to see how prominent this sparkling can be . Also , some miscellanea have wavy petals , an gist that many breeder attempt to point while breeding . In my own breeding efforts , just getting ejaculate to take has been enough to require for ! But since I have had some fate get these commonly ‘ challenging - to - heyday ’ coinage to over perform this class , hopefully , I can now start to attempt a bit of a breeding program .