Crinum Asiaticum
Giant Crinum Lily
Crinum are bulbous perennials, sometimes evergreen, that have strap-shaped leaves, and umbels of showy, fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers. Crinum asiaticum - Giant crinum - bears umbels of fragrant, long-tubed, lily-like flowers, up to 4” - with tubular corollas from Summer to Autumn (sometimes all year round in warm Winter locations). Flowers are white, but sometimes have stripes of red, or are striped with red, or are tinged with purple. The flowers have six long protruding stamens with red filaments. The strap-shaped leaves have parallel veins.
Contributed by @drumadixit
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Giant Crinum Lily
Latin name
Crinum Asiaticum
type
Bulb
family
Amaryllidaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
1.50 M
Crinum Asiaticum
Crinum are bulbous perennials, sometimes evergreen, that have strap-shaped leaves, and umbels of showy, fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers. Crinum asiaticum - Giant crinum - bears umbels of fragrant, long-tubed, lily-like flowers, up to 4” - with tubular corollas from Summer to Autumn (sometimes all year round in warm Winter locations). Flowers are white, but sometimes have stripes of red, or are striped with red, or are tinged with purple. The flowers have six long protruding stamens with red filaments. The strap-shaped leaves have parallel veins.
Flowering
From Late Summer TO Early Autumn
The umbels of trumpet-shaped flowers appear in late Summer and Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant the bulb in moist, free-draining, deep, humus-rich, fertile soil, keeping the neck of the bulb just above soil level. This bulb will not tolerate water-logging, and may need protection in colder areas
Propagating by offsets
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Offsets are the baby plants that form at the base of some plants, and they are an easy way to propagate a plant. When the offsets have grown large enough to handle - and, hopefully, have some roots of their own,- gently break them away from the mother plant. Plant the offsets in a container and keep the plant barely moist (but not wet) until the plant is establishes, and can be planted out.
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