Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Just as we’re in the process of planting bulbs for next spring’s display, we’re reaping the benefits of those we planted earlier in the year. It always seems to me strange that a South African plant should be springing forward for the last gasp of our gardening year, just as our weather turns cold and soggy, but that’s what Nerine bowdenii (Cape flower, Guernsey lily) reliably does every year around now, in shades of pink, red and white. Like their relative the agapanthus, nerines like to be crowded, and won’t thank you for sticking them in the shade, though will flower better on poorer soils. What I love about them most is the evident antipathy between their flowers – out now – and their foliage, which won’t appear until the spring.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
