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Nerine 'Josephine'



8th October 2022


There are two cultivars called 'Josephine' recorded. Tony Norris raised one that is described as Red/violet red.
This one is a soft pink and was raised at Borde Hill fron a cross betwqeen 'Countess of Altamont' and 'Mrs Mackworth Praed'. In the Barr catalogue for 1917 it says:
"Beautiful soft rose-pink with rose stripe half way up petal, nice broad semi-reflexed petals."