Disco lily
Nerine sarniensis, naturalized on the Channel Island of Guernsey, supposedly after a Dutch ship full of bulbs wrecked on the coast, hence commonly called a Guernsey lily. Because of the awesome metallic gold sparkles, my wife has decided it is to be called a disco lily.
Imagine a (sparkly) scarlet-red Agapanthus, but deciduous like Amaryllis. I think I'll be planting more of these next year.
Labels: disco lily, Guernsey lily, Nerine sarniensis
2 Comments:
Speaking as a teen from the disco age-very appropriate! Even the Disco Duck would approve!
A number of Amaryllidaceae have the sparkles. Among plants that can be grown outside your ultra-salubrious climate, one of the best for it is the "Hardy Amaryllis" - Hippeastrum X johnsonii, which is zn 7 hardy with correct siting.
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