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This is my first time growing a Crinum.  California's Central Valley isn't exactly prime Crinum territory as far as I understand it.  I received a bulb from the BX last year and planted it last summer.  It grew well and overwintered in the ground.  I covered it with leaves and put up a structure to keep the rain off.  I don't know if all that was necessary.  This summer I mulched it with some manure (chicken and steer from a certain big box store), as I read that this made them bloom.  Attached are the results.  This is Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet'.  It started blooming on Monday this past week.

I put these Zephyranthes grandiflora

under the sprinklers on a Saturday and they were in bloom on Wednesday.  Of course they were done blooming within a week of starting into growth.  I will have miscellaneous flowers to look forward to the rest of the summer.  Thanks to @Luminita for the bulbs.