Crinum hildebrandtii Spring Starburst Dioon The lovely dark green

The lovely dark green

Liriope longipedicellata 'Porcupine' provides a great non-spreading

butter-yellow flowers with a white central stripe down the middle of each petal

Meehania cordata makes a wonderful evergreen groundcover in the woodland garden with dark green cordate leaves adorning the spreading stems

where it makes a dazzling mat of bright green foliage to 2' wide

Crinum hildebrandtii Spring Starburst Dioon The lovely dark greenCrinum 'Spring Starburst' is a 2020 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of the little known African (Madagascar, Comoros Islands) native, Crinum hildebrandtii. Despite being discovered in 1875, Crinum hildebrandtii was unknown in living collections until 1989 when plantsman Dave Lehmiller received a bulb from the volcanic slopes of Comoros Island's Mt. Karthala. Our introduction is a seedling selection from that important collection. Crinum hildebrandtii