Crinum bulbispermum Orange River Basin South Africa the tropical-looking
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
the tropical-looking
one for which
Drimiopsis maculata 'Slow Fade' makes a winter deciduous basal rosette of fleshy green foliage
Crinum 'Walter Flory' is a Katherine Clint hybrid of Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' x Crinum x powellii 'Alba'
Arisaema ringens 'Black Mamba' is a clone that we selected many years ago for having the most intensely black-purple stalk that we had seen with this species
Crinum bulbispermum Orange River Basin South Africa the tropical-lookingCrinum bulbispermum 'Orange River Basin' is a form of the extremely winter hardy Crinum bulbispermum from South Africa's Orange River area at around 9,000' elevation. Crinum bulbispermum 'Orange River Basin' forms a lovely non offsetting clump of glaucous blue foliage. Mature bulbs are topped from May through August (NC) with 30" spikes of tubular, outfacing white flowers with a rosy red throat. Although Crinum bulbispermum is incredibly drought