My landscaper helped me select these crinum lilies when I redid my backyard. I now want to put the exact same type in my front yard. But I am having a difficult time identifying the type of crinum these are, as well as finding them at a local nursery (west palm beach, FL). Does anyone know what type of crinum's these are? Can you provide me a name so I can better find another one?
You might have more luck on the Bulb forum.
Good luck.
inanda
a gardener I am not, but I am trying to learn!
I thought this type of plant is a "crinum lily", so that is why i posted it here. is it considered a bulb? can you give me a brief explanation?
This message was edited Sep 3, 2007 1:17 PM
Hi pdabill, welcome to DG!
There are many, many plants that have 'lily' in the name ~ daylily (Hemerocallis), surprise lily (Lycoris), lily of the valley (Convallaria) etc.. What we discuss most in this forum is Lilium, also know as true lilies.
Certainly not a problem that you posted here, you just might not get much help! LOL For one thing, most of us are up here in cooler climates where lilies like to grow and lots of us can't grow crinums. But there are a few folks around that are able to grow both.
Go ahead and try the bulbs forum, many knowedgable folks there. :) And once again, welcome.
Hi pdabill,
let me try to explain,
Crinum belongs to the Family Amaryllidaceae and is not a true lily, the flowers of some plants which resemble others are often given that name tagged on after their proper name.
Lilium belongs to the Family Liliaceae and is a true lily.
The Latin names are the best to go by to establish which Family a plant belongs to, but unless you have looked well into this it is very confusing. Crinum is a bulb, that's why the Bulb Forum might get more people looking who have more knowledge of bulbs in general.
Lilium is also a bulb, but as there is a good following of Lilium it happens to have it's own forum and people who follow this will more likely have good knowledge of Lilies but not of Crinums.
I hope this has helped!
p.s. I love them both, but without a flower to see it will be very difficult to ID your Crinum. There are many hybrids around as well as those which have been passed along, even if they are named the older varieties have had a history of confusion and mis-naming.
