| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 2-3 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 2-3 feet |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | 4"-5" 5"-6" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| 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: | Needs excellent drainage in pots Prefers to be under-potted |
| piksihk | On October 22, 2023 | Maintenance performed thinned them; many small bulbs; put some in pots; |
| piksihk | On August 31, 2023 | Bloomed Very few bloomed in June/July; needs dividing. It also bloomed in 2022 |
| piksihk | On June 6, 2021 | Bloomed took 7 yrs for second round of blooms! |
| piksihk | On May 5, 2017 | Transplanted Massive roots - thinned |
| piksihk | On December 3, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event HW |
| piksihk | On July 9, 2014 | Bloomed |
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