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#31
Current Photographs / Re: Crinum
August 26, 2022, 05:16:43 AM
Here is Tony Avent's list of Crinum that have been hardy for him.  Dr. Jim has a few more, as does Jim Shields.  Since 2004, I think Yourch has introduces even more that have exceptional hardiness.  Two others which appear to have hardiness (old posts and personal communications from Jenks Farmer, Jim Waddick, and White) have been 'Super Ellen' and 'Glory', x bulbispermum backgrounds.  Tony's list is a big deal.  I wish it would excite more people into growing these plants.  I'll keep digging around to add a few more names.

Michael
Interlaken,  NY Zone 6-ish

Hardy Crinum List
Tony Avent (Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:33:13 PDT)

David:
I'll see your crinum list and raise you another list. All of these have
been winter hardy for us to at least 5 degrees F (-15 degrees C). We've
added many new species and clones not included here this spring to our trials.

Latin Name
Crinum 'Alamo Village'
Crinum 'Birthday Party'
Crinum 'Bradley'
Crinum 'Cape Dawn'
Crinum 'Carnival'
Crinum 'Carolina Beauty'
Crinum 'Caroll Abbott'
Crinum 'Cecil Houdyschel'
Crinum 'Claude Davis'
Crinum 'Elizabeth Traub'
Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet'
Crinum 'Emma Jones'
Crinum 'Fancy Pants'
Crinum 'Fay Horn Buckel'
Crinum 'Flamingo'
Crinum 'Garden Party'
Crinum 'H.J. Elwes'
Crinum 'Hannibal's Dwarf'
Crinum 'J.C. Harvey'
Crinum 'Lorraine Clark'
Crinum 'Magenta'
Crinum 'Maureen Spinks'
Crinum 'Maximillian'
Crinum 'Mrs. Horace Kennedy'
Crinum 'Mrs. James Hendry'
Crinum 'Mystery'
Crinum 'Ollene'
Crinum 'Parfait'
Crinum 'Regina's Disco Lounge'
Crinum 'Rose Parade'
Crinum 'Royal White'
Crinum 'Ruth Dubuisson' clone
Crinum 'Saint Cristopher'
Crinum 'Sangria'
Crinum 'Schreck' clone
Crinum 'Southern Belle'
Crinum 'Stars 'N Stripes'
Crinum 'Summer Nocturne''
Crinum 'Sundance'
Crinum 'Twelve Apostles'
Crinum 'Vera Cruz'
Crinum 'White Queen'
Crinum 'William Herbert'
Crinum (bulbispermum x macowanii)
Crinum amabile
Crinum americanum
Crinum amoenum
Crinum bulbispermum
Crinum bulbispermum 'Frances Marion Galloway'
Crinum bulbispermum 'Sacramento'
Crinum x digwidii
Crinum erubescens
Crinum japonicum
Crinum moorei
Crinum moreii 'Mediopicta'
Crinum moreii 'StarBurst'
Crinum powelli 'Rosea'
Crinum x eboracii 'Pecan Tree Inn'
Crinum x herbertii 'Blockade Runner'
Crinum x powellii 'Album'
Crinum x powellii 'Great White Prince
#32
Current Photographs / Re: Crinum
August 25, 2022, 03:09:06 PM
Since I've been thinking about getting a Crinum thread running, this may be a good start to see if there's interest.

I've been growing 'Schreck' for a few years and this season it made a great display, three spikes over about 6 weeks.  (Picture posted here, blooming June/JulyIMG_2760.jpg IMG_2763.jpg .) Presently, it's one of a few in pots that I've decided to try.  I've been convinced to try C. bulbispermum in a protected location in the ground and will be placing that shortly.

Looking through some of the old posts, many over 10 years ago, I thought it might be nice to copy and reopen some of them that have particularly good information on hardiness and general cultivar selection.  Dr. Jim Waddick, Jim Shields, Tony Avent and Jay Yourch all had great things to say to help new growers.  (All mentioned here, please let me know it's not ok to copy your posts and bring them into the present.) If there's any interest, with a little time, it could get going.

At this point, and to add to the present post, from what I understand 'Ellen B." will be perfectly hardy for Jeron.  Apparently, many C. bulbispermum hybrids can be grown easily in Zone 7 and quite a few will make it in Zone 6.  

So who's growing Crinum? what cultivar or species? and where? in containers or in the ground?  

Michael
Interlaken, NY Zone 6-ish
#33
General Discussion / Re: Eucrosia
August 08, 2022, 12:42:29 PM
Hi Rimmer,

WOW!  How fantastic!!!  I was so pleased with my single plant coming into bloom.  Your collection of them is striking -  that you brought them to bloom in 8 years is commendable.  Knowing that particular species (slightly) but also understanding the definition of what it means to be a "species", I would suggest that the plants you have are variations of the single species, E. mirabilis, that fit within the range of the definition of the species and not hybrids with E.auratiaca.  Just my two cents.  Alan Meerow would really have a more definitive answer.

Are those simply quart nursery pots?  I've been working with an 8" pot for all these years and only got it to bloom this past season.  What is the medium?  I went from a more moisture retentive medium to mostly pumice in the last two years and it seems to be better.  It also appeared to respond to heavier fertilization.  Is that the case with you?  Reading the Curtis Botanical article helped me understand the native growing conditions and I think those cultural changes got it to bloom.  My tray of seedlings seem much more interesting now that I may be able to get them to blooming size sooner than 18 years.

Thank you for sharing those pictures.

Michael
#34
Current Photographs / Eucrosia and attempt to post
August 03, 2022, 01:41:17 PM
These photos were taken around February... something like that.  It's the first bloom for me, the bulb has been in my possession for somewhere around 18 years.  Purchased small, it took a while to grow and then it took longer for me to understand what it needed!  Eucrosia mirabilis appears to be self-fertile.  Seeds were amazingly quick to mature on the stalk and had decent germination.  I hope I don't have to wait 18 years for these to bloom!  We'll see if I can get this to post...Eucrosia mirabilis1.jpg Eucrosia mirabilis2.jpg Eucrosia mirabilis3.jpg

Michael

#35
Current Photographs / Re: First bloom crinums
August 02, 2022, 02:09:15 PM
Wonderful!  Patience is key!  The flowers are beautifully upright, good form.  Nicely grown.  Are you getting any fragrance?  I've just started with some seeds.  We'll see what happens in the cold upstate NY growing season.