Flower Profile: Nerine

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Genus: Nerine

Species: Nerine sarniensis

Nerine flowers are electric pink. These leafless stems grow slowly with the tapered buds opening once the stems have reached their full height. While the flowers are generally bright pink (Nerine Isabel, Nerine Bowdenii, and Pink Triumph), Nerine come in various colours, including these beautiful varietals: white (Nerine Bianca Perla), soft pink (Nerine Nikita, Nerine Sophie), and coral (Coral Queen.)

Origin

These are fall-flowering South African members of the large Amaryllis family, with a total of 30 species. Nerine are native to Southern Africa, their distribution range being from the Cape Peninsula in the south to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia to the northwest and northeast of South Africa, occupying all nine provinces of South Africa.

If you love a bright pop of colour, read on to Flower Profile: Mimosa.