The gulf coast is the perfect place for crinums, and many should bloom relatively soon after planting if you buy mature bulbs from reputable sources. I've had good luck with many sellers, including ebay sources, but I would avoid the TyTy companies based on tons of bad anecdotal references on the web. Lushlife is owned by Jenks Farmer, who is an incredible horticultural guru and was responsible for integrating crinums into the SC botanical garden; I've never bought plants from him (I have all of the ones he offers already), but have corresponded with him and would highly recommend him as a source for plants and information. There's lots of info on the web, so I won't duplicate it here, but if you can find the book, "Garden Bulbs for the South" by Scott Ogden, it's an invaluable reference on the subject of crinums and a myriad of other plants that would be perfect for your landscape; I loved the original edition so much that I replaced it with the new edition that came out a couple of years back - it has even more info than the first. Here's a link to a blog entry I wrote about my crinums last summer, in case you're interested. Here is a link that might be useful: crinum blog entry 2008

Hi I have some regular Bulbisperum Crinums. They are supposed to be the hardiest. I also have a Powellii that is pink. I would really like a JC Harvey and Powellii Album Here is a link that might be useful: myspace

The exchange with junglegal did not work out, so I am still looking for this crinum. I forgot to mention in my original post that I have lots of varieties of crinum I can trade, too, including Ellen Bosanquet (large full-size).

That's OK these plant website are sketchy anyway, sometimes I check back in months later, but it's spring so I want to seal some deals. Most folks only really trade in the spring anyway; I trade all year long Frank :)