General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 20 inches
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Other: All parts are poisonous if ingested
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors
Other info: first flowering when grown from seed usually occurs in 3-8 years
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Other: some old and established bulbs can be huge, weighing up to 40 lbs; crinums do not like transplanting
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Crinum Lily
  • Swamp Lily
  • American Crinum
  • Seven Sisters
  • Southern Swamp Lily
  • String Lily
  • Florida Swamp Lily
  • Crinum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crinum americanum
  • Synonym: Crinum caribaeum
  • Synonym: Crinum americanum var. traubii

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Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-06-14
Location: Container
Date: 2019-10-27
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Location: Container
Date: 2019-10-27
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Location: Container
Date: 2019-10-27
C Americanum erubescens ~ beautiful late bloomer in bloom at the
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Photo by Horntoad
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-06-14
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-06-10
Early stage
Location: WG My garden frt bed
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2018-03-04

Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ, Bugwood.org [CC-BY-3.0-us
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-06-14
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-06-14
Location: Two Gallon container for now...
Date: 2019-10-21
Fixing to bloom on October 21...  racing to beat the frost.
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Location: 2 Gallon Container for now.
Date: 2019-10-21
Noting the red flower scapes, indicating this is Crinum Americanu
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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-07-25
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-07-25
Location: My garden frt side WG
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-08-17

By Hans Stieglitz (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommon

Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: my garden 
Date: 2014-09-30
Photo by Horntoad

Date: c. 1916
illustration by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia', 1916
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-02-04
Growing wild in a swampy open field close by the sea
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-02-02
Growing wild in a swampy open field close by the sea
Location: Corkscrew Swamp Audubon Sanctuary - Collier County, Florida
Date: 19-JUL-2007
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Photo by piksihk
Comments:
  • Posted by Horntoad (Nederland, Texas - Zone 9a) on Sep 29, 2011 9:22 AM concerning plant:
    Crinum americanum is native to: (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX)
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Horntoad On June 13, 2015 Bloomed
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piksihk On June 23, 2021 Bloomed
WG front bed/master window
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Frt side WG
piksihk On November 5, 2015 Bloomed
piksihk On June 18, 2015 Bloomed
back bed/east side
piksihk From December 1, 2014 to December 26, 2014 Bloomed
a few blooming in back east bed
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