Crinum digweedii Mermaid Sarracenia It needs virtually no maintenance

It needs virtually no maintenance if planted with the proper initial spacing

highlighted on the upper half with heavily frosted white streaks

and the Pauline Banyai Award (most distinctive unregistered seedling) at the 1995 AHS Convention Leaf Show

a mid-summer cutback may help it look fresh into the fall

great as either a small specimen plant or used in a woodland border

Crinum digweedii Mermaid Sarracenia It needs virtually no maintenanceCrinum x digweedii 'Mermaid' is a hybrid of Crinum americanum x Crinum scabrum from Texas crinum breeder, Marcelle Sheppard. The clumps of glossy green, deeply channeled leaves are topped, starting in mid September (NC) with 30" stalks, terminating in a cluster of large, fragrant white flowers with wide central red stripes nicely vigorous.