Crinum Lilies for Oklahoma, Kansas and points north
Crinum lilies are not lilies at all. Just as rain lilies, crinums are amaryllis. Called graveyard lilies, country lilies, criniums, and by their variety name Milk and Wine. These gigantic Crinum bulbs from the southern hemisphere have migrated to the U.S. over many generations making their way into southerners' hearts and gardens. Crinum bulbs from Dutch Touch in Olathe Kansas Wilfred Wiering of Dutch Touch said, "The ones we sold at the Tulsa Home and Garden Show are Crinum powelii. They grow in the field in Kansas City where I live. I do not fertilize them but you'd have a better plant if you did." Crinum bulbispermum is said to be the most cold-hardy and the parents of C. Powelii are C. bulbispermum and C. mooreii according to http://www.crinum.us/pow.htm so I'm optimistic. Crinums at an old home site from A. L. Sisk at http://www.crinum.us/ Their legend is large: Roundup won't kill the...