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 Lily
  • Crinum
  • Cape Coast Lily

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Location: My garden
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-13
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: August 5, 2008
Location: My garden 
Date: 2023-05-04
Red white stripe crinum
Location: Texas
Date: 2019-05-14
Crinum'Stars and stripe'
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: summer 2009
One of the many beautiful Crinum varieties, this one is more comp
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-08
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: May 2012
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: July 13, 2009
This is a recently planted bulb in bloom.
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Our yard, DeLand, FL
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: Missouri city Texas 
Date: 2020-05-01
They only bloom at night
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: May 2015
Comments:
  • Posted by Ibjune2 on May 6, 2020 8:30 PM concerning plant:
    I have had these plants for roughly 6 years, I love them and the flowers smell incredible, but mine only bloom at night and die off when the sun comes up. I can't cut them or the flower dies faster. I looked around but mine seem to be the only ones that do this, or am I wrong? I love that you have this place to talk about plants. Thank you
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have buds
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First bloom ever
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