If you are tired of dealing with plants that are difficult to grow and maintain, then you might consider the Hot Country Crinum, or Crinum Lily as it is more commonly known. This plant has a ...

Many types of crinum lilies (Crinum) exist, native to the warmer, tropical parts of the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Some represent a single species, but most that you encounter are hybrids ...

You see them growing in clumps all around town, in cultivated gardens and vacant lots alike. Crinum lilies (a term that is a bit redundant in that “crinum” is the Latin word for lily) can be nigh ...

I’ve often heard gardeners in our area complain that they can’t grow tulips and other Northern bulbs that require chilling hours. But one interesting group of bulbs in the South that is the envy of ...

Elizabeth Lawrence wrote, “In my garden, a month seldom goes by without bloom from some member of the amaryllis family,” (“A Southern Garden,” Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1942). The modern ...

Q. Several years ago I bought a crinum lily at a plant sale, and it is still doing great. But I have a question as to what I’m supposed to do to it this time of year. There’s a lot of dead brown stuff ...

Crinum lilies are some of the oldest bulbs in old gardens all around the country. The deep rose crinums in the photo (probably Ellen Bosanquet) have been in my family since early in the last century.

It feels good to say it out loud. CRY-num. Go ahead, try it: CRY-num. And here’s the best part. It not only sounds good, it IS good. Or rather THEY are good. Crinums are without a doubt the showiest ...

Question: I have an older crinum lily planting. When is the best time to separate and replant the bulbs? Answer: Whenever you are ready is probably a good time to divide crinum lily plantings. These ...

Lilies are monocotyledons, plants which have flower parts in multiples of three, parallel leaf veins and fibrous, branching roots. They often have strap-like leaves in a clump at the base of the plant ...