Crinum digweedii Stars and Stripes Myriopteris lipstick-like flowers

lipstick-like flowers

and growth slows dramatically when planted in dense shade

it was love at first sight

the clumps are topped with airy flower spikes of tiny flowers

deeply impressed veins

Crinum digweedii Stars and Stripes Myriopteris lipstick-like flowersCrinum 'Stars and Stripes' is a 1977 Thad Howard introduction that makes a compact clump to 3'tall x 4' wide. The narrow pleated, glossy green foliage on this Crinum scabrum x Crinum erubescens hybrid gives rise, starting in late July and reblooming into mid October (NC) with sturdy 3' stalks of 8 10 large, stunning fragrant flowers with white petals and dramatic red stripes down the center. In appearance, it resembles Crinum scabrum but has more