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

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Common names
  • Crinum
Also sold as:
  • 12 Apostles

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Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2004-05-25
Location: Lowndesboro AL
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Plant Events from our members
GaNinFl On September 25, 2015 Potted up
(Preparations for the move, in October...)
GaNinFl On September 25, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
Removed 2 new offsets and potted them up in separate 2 gallon nursery pots.
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