Nerine Hybrids
Lauw de Jager (Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:24:49 PST)
Dear all,
We just had a light frost here (-2-3°C), which was a good test of the
frost hardyness of the flowers. All are planted in the open ground:
Afterglow (Exbury hybrid): flowers gone, Manselli hybrid (cross N.flexuosa
with N sarniense) flowers intact, N bowdenii 'Pink Triumf' flowers intact.
The flowerbuds and flowers of N undulata are untouched. No leafdamage at
all. (Just to compare the intesity of the frost: The Dahlia imperialis:
flowes and leaves are touched but not scorched)
I specially recommend the Nerine manseilli hybrid as a garden plant.
Kind greetings
-- Lauw de Jager
Bulb'Argence
South of France (zone 9 (olive trees)
emailto: dejager@bulbargence.com
Site http://www.bulbargence.com/
Le 1/12/08 19:21, « John Grimshaw » <j.grimshaw@virgin.net> a écrit :
'Afterglow' is a commercially available hybrid, I forgot from which breeder,
with quite good red flowers, but it is strongly winter growing. Many of the
Zeal hybrids are fully hardy in southern England, but just not freely enough
available to try widely, yet.