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The Guernsey Lily - Nerine Sarniensis

The Guernsey Lily was the first Nerine to be cultivated in Europe and is reported to have been grown in Paris in 1630. 200 years later and the Nerine blooms were among the first flowers to be exported to London in the infancy of the island's s horticultural industry. The Guernsey lily or 'Nerine sarniensis' was so-named because Sarnia was the name given to the island by the Romans. The bulb is indigenous to South Africa and grows in the wild on Table Mountain and other south western mountains of the Cape Province of South Africa. There are about 30 known species of the lily, or amaryllis, growing wild in South Africa and some of these have a number of cultivated forms. In its natural state it has several colour forms ranging from scarlet to crimson, but can also be found in white. Local legend states that the first bulbs were washed ashore on the west coast of Guernsey from a Dutch ship wrecked whilst en route from Japan. Another story claims that it was introduced by green fingered Roundhead General Lambert, during his imprisonment in Castle Cornet. What now seems more likely is that a homebound Dutch East India Company ship put in at Cape of Good Hope where the crew collected nerines from Table Mountain. Six bulbs were given to Jurat de Saumarez after the vessel was temporarily 'cast ashore' on mid 17th century Guernsey. Each October there is a Nerine Festival in the Guernsey events calendar. Hundreds of varieties in a wide range of colours are shown at the lower glasshouse, Candie Gardens, St Peter Port. The bulbs form part of the Guernsey National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens