Plant Sale For Crinum Farm Field Day

By Jenks Farmer | June 14, 2016 |

Leonotis menthifolia ‘Savannah Sunset’ Bright orange, fuzzy flowers in a perfect whorl around the stems.  Loves hot dry places and flowers all summer.  Perennial in warm parts of zone; great annual in other parts.  $10               Crinum ‘Bradley Giant’  This is a big growing lily, reaching 4 feet tall…

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Plant Evaluation — Selecting New Crinum Varieties

By Jenks Farmer | September 2, 2015 |

I’m a tough critic when it comes to plants, especially when evaluating plants we’ll sell or share or use in gardens, streetscapes or bioswales.  Nothing floppy, nothing wimpy, nothing that doesn’t make a great all around garden plant makes the cut. Because I know their potential well,  having grown them since the 70’s I’m especially…

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Cemetery Lily in Medicine, Art, and Memories

By Jenks Farmer | June 23, 2014 |

Through recent trials, we know one species of crinum lily thrives in unexpected places like the mid-west, high plains of Denver, in Ohio and New York.  Three foot tall pink or white flowers top sculptural gray leaves. You can see the universal quest for life in its robust growth.  Ironically, the same species has long…

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