View full sizeThe deep burgundy of Ellen Bosanquet is a gift from three continents, and maybe four. Some suspect it to be a complex hybrid of a species of crinum from Ceylon, another from Africa ...

The Mobile Botanical Gardens is offering more and more old fashioned crinum varieties at its spring and fall plant sales, and will soon be offering them to members through its online catalog.

Spring and summer months are the best time to plant crinum lilies. They are available at local nurseries but you may need to check online to find some of the more unusual varieties.

There are several species of Crinum and dozens of varieties. You can plant them any time of the year, though it’s best to avoid the winter.

McNamara added that several species of the crinum genus are putting on a grand show in the Botanical Garden right now.

The crinum plant can also be grown from the large seeds it produces or by offsets called pups. The foliage of this plant is similar to that of an amaryllis, yet growing more coarse and open.

Crinum lilies (Crinum species), also called swamp lilies or milk and wine lilies, are another species in and of themselves. Most bulbs of this species are large, long-lived summer growers and have ...

In the garden, crinum lilies mix well in a tropical or cottage garden. Some varieties can stand in solitary splendor, but those will likely need a bit of lower leaf grooming to carry off the position.

Also known as great crinum and poison bulb, tree crinum is native to Southeast Asia. This cold-hardy plant has a clumping bulb-like base and can grow 10 feet tall. Mildly fragrant white flowers ...

The genus includes 180 species called crinum lily, cape lily, spider lily, or swamp lily. Despite the references to lilies, crinums are members of the amaryllis plant family, not the lily plant ...

Plant to ponder: Queen Emma crinum Queen Emma is a large-growing hybrid of two Asian Crinum species. It bears lightly fragrant flowers most of the year in full or part-day sun. Propagate by division.