Jane, Good luck with growing crinum in the land of winter drizzle. Most (not all) like cool dry winters where they drop the leaves. Keeping the roots undisturbed is usually more important than the leaves. You can usually be brutal with the leaves as long as they have bulbs - less so with the asiaticum types. Were they obtained locally? C. variabile or C. moorei might grow well in Portland. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jane McGary > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:42 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] Transplanting Crinum > > A friend has given me some large, bare-root plants of a Crinum (don't know > the species; the flowers are pink). I haven't grown Crinum before since they > don't flower well in our region, but would like to try them in my new garden, > which has some damp spots. > > Can someone please advise me how much I can trim these plants' foliage > without hurting them? (I have the roots in water today.) I'd like to remove > some of the small offsets and pot them up for our NARGS chapter's October > plant sale/giveaway, but I don't want the long, floppy leaves in the way. I was > thinking of leaving just 10 inches/25 cm of leaf attached to the bulb. Is this > acceptable? > > If there's anyone living near me who would like some, let me know privately > and I will share them. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/