Crinums
James Waddick (Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:13:26 PDT)

Dear Friends,
I was gone for week to visit Atlanta and much impressed by
the streets lined with a variety of crepe myrtles. What a show!
Surprised on returning home at the number and variety of
Crinum still blooming and blooming for the first time.

Super Ellen is on its third stalk and still dazzling.
Crinum x powellii are mostly done except for selection
including 'Nestor's Pink'. 'Cecil Houdyshel" and one labelled from
Les Hannibal. This last Crinum has not bloomed before. I think it was
passed along after Les' garden was dug and bulbs distributed. The
flowers are a pale pink and the most fragrant hardy crinum as I
reported before. I thought it was an x powellii type, but now that
the flowers have faded, there are seeds forming. Sort of a surprise
since this should be nearly totally sterile.

Even C. scabrum is putting up a new stalk and a few x
powellii, but minor.

These crinum continue to impress me with their sturdiness,
hardiness and vigor. A shame they are not seen more in gardens around
here.

Best Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
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