I do have quite a bit of luck with several Nerine sarniensis hybrids, surely due to the climate rather that my own ability ! This is the first bloom this season http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… Speaking of colours, I don't know how to define it, but it has purple and even a shade of blue IMO. I have found the sarniensis hybrids to be more reliable than the pure sarniesis corusca and 'Afterglow' is by far the best of all, although it has the shape of bowdenii flowers. Angelo Porcelli south of Italy...where Sternbergia lutea blooming now, remind us that summer is gone