Nerines

By Pattyhankins @PattyHankins

I recently photographed two varieties of Nerines. These were a type of flower I’d never seen – much less photographed. I loved the color and shapes in the flowers.

At first glance, I thought the Nerines were related to azaleas – since the flowers reminded me of the blossoms on some azaleas. I was totally wrong! Nerines are members of the Amaryllis family – native to South Africa.

These beautiful flowers bloom in the fall. Grown from a bulb, they produce leaves in the late winter/early spring. Then the leaves die back. In the fall, a single leafless stalk grows up from the ground – with a cluster of funnel-shaped blossoms at the top.

The two varieties of nerines I photographed are Mrs. Cooper (with orange-red blossoms) and Mrs. Dent Brokenhurst (with bright pink blossoms).

Mrs. Dent Brokenhurst Nerines