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Queen Emma bloom

11 years ago

The biggest of my red/purple leafed crinum has bloomed for the first time ever! I had to cover the entire clump of crinums a couple times with a shop light under the covers just to protect this flower stalk from frost. I believe that this is a Queen Emma crinum.

Kara

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hester_2009
11 years ago
Wonderful pic! I love this plant - isn't the fragrance grand?
Mine hasn't bloomed yet but I am hopeful...
Hester
KaraLynn
Original Author
11 years ago
This is my favorite of all my crinums. Mine doesn't have a really strong fragrance but it does smell good. This plant was in the ground several years before it bloomed so maybe yours just needs a little more time to establish.
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Mine are planted on the north side of the house (the front), so they get full sun in the summer, but bright shade in deepest winter when the sun is low. I think that's probably a good mix for them because that's also when it's driest. I have some other milk and wine crinums that are similar, but without the dark purple leaves, in the back yard in year-round full sun and the winter seems to stress them a little, though they still bloom.
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11 years ago
very nice! ours bloomed this last fall, but not as much as years past.
natives_and_veggies
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I got my first bloom this year, from seed bulbs a gardenwebber gave me. I had basically decided the plant itself was so pretty, it didn't matter if it bloomed. Then it did.
I was pretty much blown away.

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