My favourite October flower
Wednesday 21st October 2015
When most things in the garden are dying at this time of year, there is one plant that stands tall and radiates life. It is the Nerine Bowdenii or the Bowden Lily; the magenta coloured flowers stand out among the withered leaves of shrubs and decaying summer bedding plants. It is a perennial bulb, which originates from South Africa, but is very happy in a sunny British garden. They are long lived; the bulbs growing in clumps which increase in size year on year. My image is of a single flower head (not the best specimen), but on each stem there are several flowers.
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