General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
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

Common names
  • Crinum

Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Mar 21, 2012 7:10 AM concerning plant:
    This is most likely a Crinum scabrum hybrid and is found in many places in Florida and the Caribbean.

    Cernuous blossoms indicate the other parent may well be Crinum sanderianum. The plant is sterile.

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