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 ...

It’s a fact we cannot grow tulips, crocus and hyacinths in Central Florida landscapes, but it doesn’t mean we have to give up bulbs. Gardeners just have to look to the more tropical types like crinum ...

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 ...

Oh, how we love our camellias and azaleas — showing them off during the blooming seasons with pride. However, there is another colorful flower that should attract more attention — crinum lilies. The ...

We’re not known for them, but the Gulf Coast has amazing summer lilies! Gardening expert Bill Finch says the queen of our local lilies is the Crinum. Crinum lilies come from the tropics, so they love ...

My relationship with crinum lilies started close to 30 years ago, shortly after we purchased our current house. I was working on a major re-landscaping plan and hoped to plant many daylilies to ...

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 ...

Crinum lilies have grown in southern gardens for more than 200 years. They were signature plants, along with the likes of azaleas and camellias. You can still find old crinums thriving today in ...

Traipse through any old Texas cemetery or farmyard and you are almost assured of running across one of the most enduring and cherished of Southern bulbs, the crinum lily. Though they somewhat resemble ...

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 ...

Q: Attached are a few pictures of some of the crinum lilies in my yard in West Mobile. Are they "Bradley," "Ellen," "Seven Sisters," or some other kind of crinum lily? I have approximately 120 plants.