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

Image
Common names
  • Crinum

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-05
First bloom ever
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-06
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-06
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-02
Walter Flory Crinum Lily 001
Location: My garden
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On February 24, 2024 Maintenance performed
Overcrowded -
piksihk On December 28, 2021 Maintenance performed
dug up bulbs - overcrowded-
piksihk On July 3, 2021 Bloomed
Bud
piksihk On June 16, 2020 Bloomed
Only one stalk
piksihk On February 15, 2020 Transplanted
Several bulbs to M & S
piksihk On July 4, 2019 Bloomed
piksihk On July 16, 2018 Bloomed
2nd stalk
piksihk On July 4, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom ever
piksihk On November 12, 2015 Transplanted
HW -
piksihk On June 1, 2014 Transplanted
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Crinums Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Crinums (Crinum)

« The Crinums Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by crawgarden and is called ""

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.