Crinum augustum Shortia combined with all summer flowering

combined with all summer flowering

This recent introduction from Walters Gardens is a fabulous sport of Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

the cool weather provides the golden foliage with a lovely red overlay

or in an aquatic garden

Podophyllum pleianthum 'Tai Wedding' makes a 2' tall clump topped with two giant

Crinum augustum Shortia combined with all summer floweringCrinum x augustum is one of the giant trunked crinum lilies that has been thoroughly confused since being named in the early 1800s. Crinum x augustum is an old hybrid, thought to predate Christopher Columbus and for those who passed history classes that's darn old. Crinum x augustum is a sterile hybrid of probably Crinum zeylanicum x Crinum asiaticum. Since Crinum x augustum has been around the proverbial block, it can now be seen growing in tropical