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Nerine bowdenii

by Johan Wentzel

Common Name
Large Pink Nerine
Plant Type
Bulb
Nerine bowdenii is a bulbous perennial that can reach heights up to 700mm. The flowers create a lovely display during autumn when most other plants look dull especially when mass planted it will ensure a lovely colourful display throughout the season.
Plant Description

Nerine bowdenii is a bulbous perennial that can reach heights up to 700mm tall. The light green leaves are generally never more than 8 and about 470x25mm large and flat. The flowers borne during Autumn between January and April to May are bright pink and up to 7 in the inflorescence of about 200mm in diameter.

Nerine bowdenii is a hardy garden plant ideal for a mixed border or raised garden beds and makes for a lovely feature plant near a pond. The flowers create a lovely display during autumn when most other plants look dull especially when mass planted it will ensure a lovely colourful display throughout the season. It does better in a cooler climate.

You may find stock of this plant at Random Harvest.

Afrikaanse Naam
Grootpienknerina
Hardiness
Hardy
Position
Sun
Water Requirements
Moderate
Evergreen
Deciduous
Growth Rate
Fast
Flowering Time
Autumn
Flower Colour
Pink
Shape
Upright
Soil
Loam
Plant Size
50cm
Region
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Habitat
In moist ground at base of cliffs.
Grown by Wildflower Nursery
No

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