Swamp Lily

Crinum Americanum

Size: 1g availability

Flower
Max size: 2’ tall x 1’ wide

Aquatic, Very Moist
Loam, Muck, Sand
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Tolerant of inundation with brackish water, and some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

This flower grows great in wet gardens, marshes, swamps, along ditches and streams. Can bloom any time of year, most often in spring in north FL. It has interesting shaped white flowers. It will spread by division of bulbs and by seeds, and is pollinated by sphinx moths, and is the larval host for Spanish moth a.k.a. convict caterpillar (Xanthopastis timais).