General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
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
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Crinum
  • Orange River Lily
  • Hardy Swamplily
  • Deep Sea Lily
  • Cape Lily
  • Vaal River Lily
  • Cape Coast Lily

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Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: May 20, 2010
Two different seedling plants.
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Hanbury Botanical Gardens, Mortola Inferiore, Italy
Date: 2017-06-13

Date: 2006-08-25
Photo by Stan Shebs

Photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: Summer 2012
lovely blooms
Location: Plano, TX
Photo by ardesia

White and Red Form. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs

Date: 2008-06-09
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: May 24, 2010
Unnamed seedling.

Photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2015-05-22

Pink form. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-15
Crinum Lily 024
Location: by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: May 24, 2010
Unnamed seedling.
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: May 20, 2010
Unnamed seedlings
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Cillas

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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tabbycat On March 8, 2022 Obtained plant
Wanda Veillon brought me a large bulb & I planted it in a pot.
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