Crinum Mystery Giant Plants Improvements include better habitat

Improvements include better habitat

dark green leaves form a 3' wide basal clump that looks quite saxifragesque

Patricia Lynn Rowland

Large-leaf holly fern adds a whole different texture to the woodland garden

Each 3' wide clump is topped with 20" scapes of light lavender flowers in late spring

Crinum Mystery Giant Plants Improvements include better habitatCrinum 'Mystery' is an introduction from the late crinum breeder Cecil Houdyshel, who crossed Crinum erubescens with Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet'. Crinum 'Mystery' makes a vigorous clump with 8 10, open, dark pink, deliciously fragrant flowers with white a white star shaped throat, atop 3' tall stems, starting for us in mid July. The short, but wide green leaves resemble the Crinum erubescens parent. This is not the same as Crinum 'Pink Mystery', which