Crinum augustum Shortia The nice 2' wide mound

The nice 2' wide mound of medium-green foliage is topped in very late summer with incredible spikes of dark lavender flowers on wonderful

former owner of the Pecan Tree Inn

Our original cuttings of this compact form of the Chinese native Indigofera kirilowii came from the late Christopher Lloyd via designer Edith Eddleman

or in an aquatic garden

Podophyllum pleianthum 'Tai Wedding' makes a 2' tall clump topped with two giant

Crinum augustum Shortia The nice 2' wide moundCrinum x augustum is one of the giant trunked crinum lilies that has been thoroughly confused since being named in the early 1800s. Crinum x augustum is an old hybrid, thought to predate Christopher Columbus and for those who passed history classes that's darn old. Crinum x augustum is a sterile hybrid of probably Crinum zeylanicum x Crinum asiaticum. Since Crinum x augustum has been around the proverbial block, it can now be seen growing in tropical