Scientific
Name
Crinum
(CRY-num)
Common
Name
Crinum,
Cape lily, Spider lily, Swamp lily
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Geophyte
Organ: Bulb |
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Light
Requirements: Full-AM Sun |
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Height:
24-48 inches (60-120 cm)
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Flowering
Season: Summer
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Flower
Color: Pink, white, bicolored
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Planting
Time: Fall/Spring |
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Planting
Depth: 8 inches (24 cm)
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Spacing
Between Bulbs: 12-18 inches (45 cm) |
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Hardiness:
Tender
III - injured below 25°F
(2°C)
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Bulb
Storage: Store bulbs in slightly moist
sand at 35-45°F (2-7°C).
If grown indoors in a container, place in a bright, cool [55°F
(13°C)] night temperature
room |
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Comments:
Strap
like leaves, does not like to be disturbed; fragrant flowers; tolerates
poor soil (sand, clay); produces new leaves and flowers after rains;
some crinums do well on the edge of ponds and aquatic gardens; long
lived; plant deep and mulch to keep soil cool; top dress with compost
or manure |
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Cultivars: Bradley
(24"; deep wine/pink), Creole (30"; white with red stripes), Elizabeth
Traub (48"; dark rose pink), Ellen Bosanquet (24"; reddish purple),
Walter Flory (40"; pink with burgundy stripes), C. americanum
(white/red stamens), C. scabrum (white/crimson stripes),
C. macowanii (white/rose lines on back; 5'), C. moorei
var. schmidtii (white), C. bulbispermum (more
frst tolerant; white, pink, wine), C.
asiaticum, C. powellii, C.
moorei (solid rose, pink, white), C. x powellii 'Album'
(white), C. scabrum (white/ red stripes) |
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USDA
Hardiness Zones
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C |
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M |
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H |
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C=container; H=hardy; M=hardy with mulch; Sp=plant spring, harvest fall;
F=fall plant
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