• Image of Crinum hildebrandtii Madagascar|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG

    Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC

  • Image of Crinum hildebrandtii Madagascar|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG

    Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC

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Crinum hildebrandtii Madagascar

Hildebrandt's Crinum Lily

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Item #: 8521

Zones: 7b to 10b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 30" tall

Culture: Sun

Origin: Madagascar

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Crinum hildebrandtii hails from the Comoros Islands, northwest of Madagascar, where it grows as an aquatic plant. In our trials, Crinum hildebrandtii resembles Crinum ligulatum, and has been quite happy in typical well-amended, slightly moist garden soils. Starting in mid-April, the offsetting compact clumps of 3' long dark green leaves serve as a backdrop to the numerous 30" tall flower spike, each topped with umbels of 18-22 fragrant white spidery-petalled flowers that also resemble Crinum ligulatum, only with slightly wider petals. Crinum hildebrandtii is a truly superb garden plant, thriving for us since 2008, and having no problems with winter temperatures of 7 degrees F.