Crinum x digweedii (Our Downton Abbey Mix)

Description

Perfect for planting a ground cover in a ditch or wet area!  White flowers with deep red stripes. Flowers late July or August.  Stays low. Spreads.

You’ll get three ready to go in the ground bulbs. Plant them in a triagle about 2 feet apart to cover about 8 square feet!

This is a mix of Crinum x digweedii — the red and white striped, summer flowering crinum .  The term Downton Abbey mix is our own — it’s not a legit scientific name!  This hybrid twas developed at Highclere Garden, which is the set of Downton Abbey. Read that history here.  I

But our mix is of several different digweedii type plants so that in your planting, you get varied size and flowering dates.  It’s totally cold-hardy in zone 7.