Lakeshore Garden Centres Plant Finder

Description:

Blooms of white and pink tower over dark green blades of foliage on this lovely plant; great visual impact when massed in the garden or along borders; a late blooming variety

Ornamental Features

Pecan Tree Inn Crinum features showy white trumpet-shaped flowers with pink tips rising above the foliage from late spring to early summer. Its large sword-like leaves remain green in colour throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Pecan Tree Inn Crinum is an herbaceous annual with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Pecan Tree Inn Crinum is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Pecan Tree Inn Crinum will grow to be about 15 inches tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 15 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Pecan Tree Inn Crinum is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.