Crinum Lily, Mrs. James Hendry, small-size bulb, RARE

Description: DESCRIPTION: Mrs. James Hendry is one of the most attractive, highly scented (like anise, spicy) and rewarding crinum in existence. It is definitely on a par with Improved Peachblow, another blush-pink hybrid and similar, but more desirable than Alamo Village or Summer Nocturne, for example. The flowers have beautiful, recurving tips and about half of the flowers open at once on strong, tall scapes that do not flop over. Our tallest scapes have been 54" (not counting the flowers with 12 buds. Bulbs will grow to about 4-5" in diameter. The leaves stay green all winter even though temperatures drop into the low 20's. Here in northeast Florida, zone 9, mine have bloomed in every month from March through December. Large bulbs will offset slowly but steadily producing 3-5 new offsets each year. In time, you will have a nice grouping of bulbs. Crinum bulbs live for decades, so they are certainly one of the best plant investments you can make for generations of enjoyment. If left undisturbed, it will form a large, beautiful clump of bulbs, but most people remove the offsets every few years and replant them. You can just dig around the mother bulb and carefully pull off the offsets without removing the mother bulb. We are quite certain that it will not form seeds, since the ovaries are sterile, but the pollen is fertile when put on many other seed-producing crinum. Several wonderful hybrids have been done with its pollen but none are on the market yet. We grow over 1000 different crinum including about 350 or our own hybrids. This is certainly is one of our top ten favorites along with Peachblow Improved with more attractive flowers, especially if you like the zinfandel, blush pink varieties. It has a neat, tidy appearance, not like many crinum. Bulbs are almost never available for sale, only traded among specialized crinum collectors. BACKGROUND: According to Scott Ogden, in "Garden Bulbs For The South", Henry Nehrling introduced this hybrid about 1911. GROWING CONDITIONS: This is a semi-hardy and easy to grow bulb requiring no special care. It tolerates a wide range of soils and cool temperatures, at least to zone 8. They should do best planted in the ground in full sun or partial shade, but they will also make excellent container plants. They can survive nicely out of the ground for very extended periods if allowed to dry. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM FOR BID: You are bidding on a small-size bulb at least 1 year old and about 1" in diameter which should bloom within 3 years. Bulbs will be freshly dug, shipped bare root and with leaves March-November. WE SIZE OUR BULBS APPROXIMATELY BY AGE AS FOLLOWS: A few varieties can take 6 years or more to bloom. Jumbo bulb – has bloomed at least 2 years, close to the maximum size for that particular plant (6+ years old) Large bulb - should bloom this year or next (3+ years old, close to, or at blooming size) Medium bulb - should bloom in 1-2 years (at least 2 years old) Small bulb - should bloom 2-4 years (current year or 1-2 year old offset) Seedling bulb - started from seed (usually in its first year of growth unless otherwise stated) PHOTOS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: These are pictures of our plants, so you know exactly what they look like and what you will receive. The photos show the plant in various stages of growth. Please feel free to contact us for additional information, and click on "Me" following our star rating. Also, we invite you to go to our store (little red door) and look at other items we have for sale. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

Price: 25 USD

Location: Middleburg, Florida

End Time: 2024-08-17T05:18:36.000Z

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