General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
Purple
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Other: All parts are poisonous if ingested
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors
Other info: first flowering when grown from seed usually occurs in 3-8 years
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Other: some old and established bulbs can be huge, weighing up to 40 lbs; crinums do not like transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Giant Spider Lily
  • Crinum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crinum x amabile
  • Synonym: Crinum x augustum
  • Synonym: Crinum x superbum
  • Synonym: Crinum x amabile var. augustum

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Location: Artis - Amsterdam
Date: 2013-08-05

Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Houston area
Date: 2017-06-02

Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Artis - Amsterdam
Date: 2013-08-05
Location: Houston area
Date: 2018-10-07
Location: Houston area
Date: 2018-10-07
Location: Houston area
Date: 2018-10-07
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Houston area
Date: 2016-04-11
update on growth since 2012 su
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2017-10-12
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2017-10-12
Location: Okeechobee Florida
Date: August 2021
Spider Lily
Uploaded by xeronema
Location: Miami, FL
Date: 2014-01
on the street sidewalk
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-23
Location: Houston area
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2017-10-12
Location: Okeechobee Florida
Date: August 2021
spider lily seed pods
Location: Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland
Date: 2017-02-01
Uploaded by xeronema
Location: Tiki Island, Galveston
Date: 2013-12-28
Location: Miami, FL
Date: 2014-01
on the street sidewalk
Location: Okeechobee Florida
Date: August 2021
Spider Lily with bloom and pre-bloom
Location: Miami, FL
Date: 2014-01
on the street sidewalk
Location: Houston area
Date: 2012-09-02
A young plant (watch me grow!)
Location: Houston area
Date: 2012-09-02
A young plant (watch me grow!)
Location: Houston area
Date: 2017-06-02
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Comments:
  • Posted by ShadyGreenThumb (North of Houston TX - Zone 9a) on Sep 2, 2012 12:51 PM concerning plant:
    Grows in full sun up to 6 feet tall. Deep purple leaves in full/bright sun that will fade in less than bright conditions. Part sun OK in the South.
    Plan in rich well-drained soil with the neck of the bulb just above ground.

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