Nerine sarniensis outdoors?

Nerine sarniensis outdoors?
ds429 (Sun, 01 Oct 2017 13:05:48 PDT)

Or how about hearing how folks successfully bloom them in greenhouses, even. Is Nick de Rothschild still a member of this list?
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On Sun, 10/1/17, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:

Subject: Re: [pbs] Nerine sarniensis outdoors?
To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017, 3:57 PM

Hi Diane,

Years ago when IBS rescued the Zinkowski bulbs
I received a number of
them since I donated
to the effort. Harold Koopowitz said not to plant
them in the ground so I put most of them in
pots. I planted a few out
just to test his
advice and they have flowered I think twice since 1999.
So I don't feel I've been successful.
As we have tried to figure out how
to grow
them, it has been suggested they need water during dormancy

since they have perennial roots. My soil is
VERY dry in summer. We water
some, but not
much, during our long period without rain, but the Coast
Redwoods are very greedy and I think they
absorb most of it. I too have
my pots year
round in the greenhouse so I can remember to water them in

summer. I found that in my climate when we
had heavy rainfall in winter
they got
Stagonospora curtisii so that's when they became year
long
greenhouse subjects. I know you just
asked for success. Perhaps those
who have
responded with their success can explain how they treat
them.

Mary Sue, Northern
Coastal California

I have pots of about

nine named forms of Nerine sarniensis in my cool greenhouse
(cool year-round). They don't flower very often, but
two are currently in flower.

They have proliferated, so I was wondering

about trying some outside in the garden.

Where are they being

grown successfully?

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