As we creep back to normal after the hurricane, one perennial plant comes to mind that every landscape should have – the flowering bulb called the crinum lily. There are many types and cultivars suitable to keep a collector going for ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
A recent program at our yearly Landscape Gardening Series was one on “Lilies and Iris” presented by our own Thomas Becker, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ UF/IFAS Education/Training Specialist. One plant in the lily family that Tom ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Crinum spp. This large, coarse-textured, upright rosette of broad, light green, 4-foot-long leaves is topped most of the year with great clusters of fragrant, spidery flowers . A fine specimen plant, Crinums also make excellent underplantings ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXiwXbuBtDM What's wrong with the crinum? Horticulture Agent Stephen Brown, Lee County Extension Service, detects the cause of massive damage to a South Florida crinum lily: the eastern lubber grasshopper. ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease