Nerine 'Audrey Clarke'
30th November 2017
30th November 2021
A late flowering N. x vescicolor hybrid. I assume that it was one of the cultivars raised by Col. Robert Clarke
at Borde Hill in Sussex. Tony Norris lists it in his collection in 1992. It is still circulating in
Australia, probably the descendents of bulbs imported from Norris in the early 1980's.
Unfortunately Norris lists it as an early flowering, strong red cultivar and this is what Australian sources show.
It seems likely that this pink plant is an impostor.
References:
N. R. Brown, 'Reproductive Biology of Nerine' PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania, 1999.
Dr. John David, pers.comm.
www.nerine.info .