Milk and Wine Lily (Crinum zeylanicum): Striped Trumpet Flowers

Crinum zeylanicum, the Milk and Wine Lily, is a robust, bulbous perennial from the Amaryllidaceae family. It produces large, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers with alternating white and wine-red stripes on the petals, borne on 3 to 4 foot stalks in summer.

The strap-like leaves form a fountain-like clump 3 to 4 feet tall. It thrives in full sun to partial shade, moist, fertile soil, and is moderately drought-tolerant. A dramatic, long-lived specimen for southern gardens. Synonyms include Amaryllis zeylanicum and Crinum latifolium.

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