Crinum, The Spider lily

[chris78]

My Crinum blooms off and on all summer and it's been doing that for years. It about 5 feet tall and I have it in shade.

Also have Crinuum 'Queen Emma' which has maroon color in the leaves and its flower, but it's a slower grower and blooms far less than my green form of the spider lily..

Photo is the green form spider lily in its summer glory....

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

Mine has leaves with a mauvelous mauve coloring....

[Walt]

I have Crinum asiaticum and queen emma. My Queen Emma produces lots of suckers and I propagate lots of new plants. While my Queen Emma was pricey when I bought it at Home Depot (it was already a large size) that price has been greatly offset from all the new plants I got and continue to get from it.

by waltcat100

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

I have some variegated ones, both white marginata and yellow striata types...all to small to make an impact photographicaly...but should be very tropical looking eventually. Great plant..

Walt...I've got lots of suckers...how do you remove them?

[Walt]

Steve: The suckers are very easy to separate from the mother plant. I just take a good spade shovel and slice right down beside the main stem of the mother plant. I also dig/slice on the outside of the sucker, trying to loosen the soil without cutting and losing too much of the new sucker's roots. (The main thing is to severe the suckers from the mother plant and then try to get as much root that the sucker as already produced, usually to the outside side of the mother plant.)

I've always had great success  and don't recall ever losing a sucker. It's just like separating suckers from a banana plant.

I then pot the suckers up in a medium potting mix until they develop a good root system and establish themselves. Once they are well established I plant them out in the yard, etc.

[spockvr6]

(Walt @ Sep. 14 2006,21:54)

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While my Queen Emma was pricey when I bought it at Home Depot (it was already a large size) that price has been greatly offset from all the new plants I got and continue to get from it.

And the plants that are in Tarpon Springs that came from it  

These things have grown great!

[Walt]

I'm happy to hear they are doing well for you, Larry. By this time next year they should be flowering.

[Exotic Life]

Nice flowers ...