Pictures on this page are of Nerine hybrids. Nerine sarniensis is the main parent of 300 years of Nerine breeding. Most of these are of unknown parentage, at least by those who grow them. For information about Nerine species visit the Nerine wiki page.
Nerine 'Afterglow' This bulb flowered 6 weeks after a fall planting in Washington, DC. It resulted from a cross between sarniensis and bowdenii. The attractive flowers are red with a strong element of orange. Photo from Mark Wilcox and Michal Mace who write that the inflorescence is about twice the size of a typical N. sarniensis hybrid.
Nerine 'Baby Salmon' This plant flowers well in Australia. Photo from Lyn Edwards.
Nerine 'Blanchfleur' From an IBS Rescue a couple of years ago. Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg.
Nerine 'Coconut Ice' This plant flowers well in Australia. Photo from Lyn Edwards.
Nerine 'Gilbert Errey' This plant flowers well in Australia. Photo from Lyn Edwards.
Nerine humilis x Nerine undulata This photo by Mary Sue Ittner is of a plant received as a cross between Nerine flexuosa, now considered Nerine humilis and Nerine undulata. One is from a summer rainfall area and one from a winter rainfall area. This plant grows well in Northern California, growing in the ground and flowering in the fall. Without summer rainfall it sometimes loses its leaves, especially if grown in a container, but in the ground generally is evergreen.
Nerine 'Quest' is beautiful named hybrid of sarniesis with a very dark purple flowers. In full sun, they look almost to have a blue shade too. Photo by Angelo Porcelli
Nerine 'Prince of Orange' has flowers of eye-burning scarlet. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Purple Prince' holds the glistening flowers and the growing cycle of sarniensis , but with pedicels and flowers size of bowdenii. Photo by Angelo Porcelli
Nerine 'Red Robin' Photo by Bill Dijk
Nerine 'Salmon Supreme' From an IBS Rescue a couple of years ago. Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg.
Nerine 'sarniensis' This hybrid came from A Dry Garden, a nursery in Berkeley, California, USA. It's not clear what the parentage of this Nerine was. The label said 'sarniensis,' but the flowers are smaller and more ruffled than a typical sarniensis hybrid. The plant is extremely floriferous, and the flowers are a deeper magenta than the photograph shows. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Smokey' is a named Nerine sarniensis hybrid. Photo Bill Dijk.
Nerine 'Virgo' is pure, vibrant white. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Zeal Giant' is a very vigorous bowdenii hybrid. The tall and robust stalks well display the large flowers. A winter dormant plant. Photo by Angelo Porcelli
Photos below are of groups of hybrids. The first two photos are from Bill Dijk amd the third from Matt Mattus of a number of Nerine sarniensis hybrids in bloom early November 2003. He grows old Exbury hybrids in a greenhouse in Massachusetts.
Jack Zinkowski was a breeder of Nerines in Oregon. He passed away, leaving no heirs and several greenhouses full of Nerine hybrids. Steve Vinisky organized a rescue of many of the bulbs, which were distributed to several members of the International Bulb Society. Unfortunately, Mr. Zinkowski's breeding records were lost, so we don't know the parentage of most of these bulbs, although they clearly involve Nerine sarniensis. The names are those given on the tags in the pots.
Nerine '81-7' has a nice full flower head and is colored rosy-red. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine '82-9' doesn't have a very large flower head, but the flowers have a bright red central rib with an almost bluish tone to either side (it makes the flowers look translucent in the photo). Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Bushfire' It's sometimes difficult to describe the exact colors of these hybrids. Bushfire is an example. It's a combination of salmon, pink, mauve, and something else, but I don't know what to call it. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Girondolo x 91-28' I know what color this one is -- bright, pure, solid red. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'H-61' A very strange one. The midribs are bright red, with a strange dark mauvey-purple color on either side. What looks like lint on the flower is actually the famous Nerine "diamond dust" sparkles. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'H-76' This one is bright magenta-pink. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'H-92' Looks like a smaller version of 'Bushfire.' Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Kenilworth' is a very reliable bloomer. The color is pinky-salmon. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Lady Cyn Cyr x Gaby Delys' is a deep rosy pink, not as red as this photo appears. Photo by Michael Mace.
Nerine 'Mandarin' has a nice large flower head. It's a little more magenta-colored than this photo appears. Photo by Michael Mace.
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