Sometimes Available Lushlife Plants
(currently sold out)
C. 'Regina's Disco Lounge' ($22)
Flowers are white with a pale pink blush and stripe. 5-foot tall flowers start in the hottest part of July and finish in mid-August. Arching, dull green leaves.
Crinum 'Bradley Giant' Special
This is NOT just a large 'Bradley' but a distinct cultivar, with a confusing name! This Crinum is just like its namesake only much bigger - flared, pink flowers make a 10" head. Scapes are 4 feet tall. Big, Glossy, tropical leaves! Very Rare in the nursery trade!
C. 'Bradley'
Similar to Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' but this plant is smaller. Deep pink to red flowers. Flowers open out wide for a dramatic display. Great for perennial borders or even containers. Also makes a great cut flower. Grows 3- 4 feet, blooms June - August.
Crinum 'Claude Davis'
Spectacular rich pink, almost flamingo color. Tons of flowers in the first weeks of June. Neat, clean leaves - looks great in pots all the time. Slower than other crinums, doesn't offset very much, fairly new to the garden trade, so much less common. One of the few, new varieties that we feel is worthy to be added to our offerings.
Crinum Lorain Clark
Big, bold flowers that are much deeper "red" than the other reds! Petals sometimes have a splash of white. Thick, glossy leaves look tropical and lush. Always steals attention of visitors.
Crinum 'This is Outrageous'
Pretty, wine pink flowers 3 -4" on 4 foot scapes. Flowers well, in late June and into July. Nice foliage. All around is a lot like Ellen B but the flowers are a bit smaller..
Crinum Peppermint
This came from a friend who imported it from Central America years ago. Probably a herbertii type, with lots of dramatically striped flowers. Offsets well. In flower May 23!
C. 'Summer Glow'
A big-old crinum lily! Flowers have uniform pink petal which are big and thick. Very tall scapes, so flowers stand about 4' tall. Leaves are dull green and stay low, so flowers look even bigger! Flowers start in mid May and continue through June. .
Crinum Asiaticum
A statement crinum with super huge leaves. White spider flowers in July. Best in light shade (Zone 8). Or use as a container plant. I fell in love with a bar in Burma where these were in giant pots all round the bar.
Crinum 'Pecan Tree Inn'
Pointed petals, flowers held upright. Flowers just as summer is setting in - last year, our first flower was June 14. Probably a C. bulbispermum crossed with C. asiaticum. Closest thing to a hardy Asiaticum type in flower form. First offered by Plant Delights, this cross came from an Inn in N.C. Similar crosses are commonly seen in the PeeDee, in ditches, roadsides and in one of my favorite places, a home-site where it flowers with Formosan Lily.
C. 'Hannibal's Dwarf'
Blooms in late summer. Flowers are orchid pink, and the petals are very slim and spider-like. Flowers are held on sturdy stalks about 2 feet tall, held high above foliage. The best crinum to use as a ground cover as it divides and covers rapidly. Because this is a dwarf, bulbs are small - about the size of a regular light bulb.
Crinum x 'Sangria' (3 pack)
All the tropical beauty of burgundy leaf Queen Emma but cold hardy! I've grown this for years, in Columbia, Charleston and Beech Island South Carolina. Thick purple leaves look great all summer and burgundy touched, pink flowers shoot up sporadically through the year. Arching leaves to 4' and flowers about the same. Rarely available hybrid between the very cold hard C. bulbispermum and the red leafed, tropical Queen Emma Lily. You'll get 3, 3 inch pups!
Crinum 'Summer Nocturne'
A favorite that is often overlooked is 'Summer Nocturne' It spreads to make a luscious ground cover and has cut, light pink flowers in August. This small variety tops out at 3 feet - and is great for containers. Click here for enlarged pictures of what you'll get.
Crinum 'Claude Davis'
Spectacular rich pink, almost flamingo color. Tons of flowers in the first weeks of June. Neat, clean leaves - looks great in pots all the time. Slower than other crinums, doesn't offset very much, fairly new to the garden trade, so much less common. One of the few, new varieties that we feel is worthy to be added to our offerings.
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C. 'Queen Emma'
The most desired Crinum. Flowers white with burgundy highlights all summer. Flowers are spider-like. Dramatic, rich purple leaves are upright and sword like (in zone 10 reaches 15' tall!). Has been hardy in Columbia, SC, for 10 years. But is really best as a container plant. To over winter, bring into a basement or garage, water only once a month.
C. 'Marisco'
Flowers have typical and dramatic "milk and wine" colors. Smallish plant to 4 feet. Multiplies well. We don't know why its called 'marisco' which means seafood - it smells nice!
(Photo from Marcell's Crinums and used with permission.)
Crinum americanum
Swamp Bells (Erubescens form) with spidery white flowers on 2-foot tall scapes. Leaves to 18 inches tall. This little crinum spreads by underground runners. It can be an aggressive groundcover. Plant in wet soil or temporarily water-logged soil such as ditches and downspouts. But it also tolerates drought and makes a good container plant. Light requirements: high, light shade, shady woodland gardens or full, baking sun! (NOTE: the bulbs of this spreading crinum never grow very large. Plant your three bulbs about 6 inches apart. Very cold hardy!
Hymenocallis ($22)
White spider lliy. Exotic white flowers held high above leaves. Always flowers for the fourth of July! Foliage is much more compact than a Crinum and looks like a glossy Amaryllis leaf. Planting instructions and cultivation is the same as for a Crinum.
Crinum Parfait ($40)
Lots of flower on each scape. Flowers are rich ruby pink in bud and on the outside of the bud, but they open to show off distintly striped petals. Unlike most striped crinum (which are white or pale pink with dark stripes) Parfait is rich pink, getting darker and more cherry lollipop pink toward the center of each petal. You get an almost ridged effect. Parfait is a great name, reflecting the colors AND the sugary sweet night time fragrance.
Zephyranthes rosa
Pink Rain Lily (Zephyranthes rosa)
This is not a crinum in the least! Tiny bulbs with 2 inch pink flowers. Plant on top of your crinum, then in top few inches or soil, add these rain lilies - they'll flower while you wait for the crinum!
SMELLONS!
My heirloom veggie friend gave us this little melon. He calls them bossum gourds - "cause ladies put them in their bossums for the fragrance." I call them smellons, because they are melons that you don't eat, you just smell. One will fill a room with a sultry sweet melon smell. One seed makes a 10 ft. vine and produces 10 or 12 fruits.
Very limited supply, 5 seeds, $5 includes shipping