Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa The drier the soil

The drier the soil

but overlooked

Pardancanda 'Sangria' is an introduction from the breeding program of the late Harlan Hamernik of Bluebird Nursery that is a fantastic new addition to the summer flower border

Dryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla' is an old English selection of Dryopteris filix-mas

This magnificent and heretofore impossible breeding breakthrough comes from Kentucky's plant breeding phenomenon

Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa The drier the soilCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,