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Nerine grows 20 to 50 cm tall and has a tunicate bulb. The leaves are basal, strap-shaped, and emerge after flowering. The umbel is borne at the top of a solid scape. The scape is 60-75 cm long and many-flowered. The corolla is pale scarlet, funnel-shaped, about 4.5 cm long, with 6 slightly wrinkled lobes whose tips curl outward.

The flowers are 3 to 8 cm in size. The stamens are bright red and extend straight beyond the flower. The top of the stem bears 10 to 20 flowers. There are very many cultivars, and the flower forms are also varied. There are pale orange, rose-red, and bright red cultivars, among others.

Semi-hardy. It likes mild, sunny conditions and well-drained soil. It does not tolerate humid heat. It is a cool-greenhouse spring-flowering plant; pot it in August, and the potting soil must be rich in fibrous material. It does not need repotting every year, and plants left in the same pot flower well. When planted outdoors in early spring, it must be covered to protect it from the cold.

In warm regions it is used in open-ground flower borders and can also be grown in pots. Hybrids have become an important new type of winter and spring cut flower.

Because its petals have a metallic sheen and sparkle in the sun, it is also known by the alias diamond lily. Flowering period is from September to November.

Propagation method: division of bulbs. The seeds are fleshy and shaped like small bulbs; seedlings grown from seed are often variable.