General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Other: Some species are highly toxic if ingested
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Nerine produce fleshy seeds that are programmed to germinate immediately. Therefore seeds that are ripe (often easily detached from the flowering spike) should be sown right away into a well drained mix. Nerine seeds are best pushed gently into the surfac
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Nerine
  • Cape Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Nerine undulata
  • Synonym: Nerine flexuosa var. alba
  • Synonym: Nerine flexuosa
  • Synonym: Nerine alta
Also sold as:
  • Nerine undulata 'Alba'

Photo Gallery
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Kew Gardens
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2018-04-27
The white form of the species (purchased as N. flexuosa var. alba
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09

Date: c. 1797
illustration from 'The Botanical Magazine', 1797

photo courtesy Michael Wolf

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

N. undulata var. alba. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs
Plant Events from our members
Australis On December 24, 2022 Transplanted
Moved to garden bed. Despite struggling over the past few years, it had bulked up this year and should flower again next season.
Australis From April 19, 2018 to April 30, 2018 Bloomed
Australis On January 26, 2017 Potted up
Australis On January 25, 2017 Obtained plant
Purchased from Tonkin's Bulbs as Nerine flexuosa var. alba.
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Nerine by mehitchman18 Mar 19, 2018 9:45 AM 1

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