Help! Does anyone grow these? I bought about 3 bulbs of this plant during the summer and planted them in a pot. They grew leaves, but I didn't expect them to flower as the bulbs were quite small. My intent was to plant them in the ground, but I never got around to it. We were going to have frost/freeze, so I put the pot in my unheated garage with the intent to let it go dormant for the winter. But to my surprise, a few days later I noticed that one of the bulbs has a flower bud. Do they normally flower this late in the season? I'm in zone 8a and we get frequent frosts. We've had our killing frost already. Should I allow the bulbs to go dormant?

My nerines that are in fuller sun blooms in October, and the ones I have in the shade are just blooming now. I really like the nerines for their late blooms. I can't help you with the frost question since we rarely get frost here in 9a and I leave them in the ground from year to year.

Thanks Dianne. You've solved a mystery for me. I kept thinking that I had some bulbs in the ground, but hadn't seen blooms in a couple of years. So I assumed it died or became food for voles. It could be that the frost causes it to die back before it blooms. I remember now that when it bloomed before, it was late in the season. The one with the bud now is in a pot. Next year, I'll sink the pot in the ground and bring it in before our killing frost to enjoy the blooms.

Here's a photo of one of my patches.

Ooh, how beautiful.

Dianne, those nerines are beautiful!!!!

Ive been growing Fothergilli major, for years , full sun, part sun.. never fails to arrive each year in pots!