Crinum Lilies, Big Bulbs and Special Plants for Hot Climate Gardens

We have an eye-stopping collection of heat-loving plants. Better yet, we share unvarnished, hands-on advice, videos, stories, and books for gardening in the Deep South.

Nursery

We specialize in big, ready to flower, organically grown crinum lilies. We grow other big bulbs as well as a selection of rare plants that thrive in the soils and climate of the deep south.

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Writing, lectures, & educational outreach

Visit the farm for a class or set up a tour for your group. Join our email newsletter for dates. Or invite Jenks to share lessons and plants at your group event.

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Garden Design

Our approach to garden design encompasses landscaping, landscape architecture and master planning as interrelated parts.

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Crinum Lilly Field

Homegrown, tried-and-true, healthy crinums

We see ourselves as crinum missionaries, offering crinums for the masses! We make crinum shopping easy, reliable, and consistent.

The Latest From the Gardening Blog

Milk and Wine

By Jenks Farmer | June 2, 2026 |

Right now, all across the South, a crinum is blooming in forgotten places . Old cemeteries. Fence rows. The corner of a parking lot beside a building that used to be some Granny’s house. That’s Crinum x herbertii — the Milk and Wine Lily — and it is almost certainly the most widespread crinum in America. Striped pink and…