Crinum augustum Shortia the cool weather provides the

the cool weather provides the golden foliage with a lovely red overlay

Our original cuttings of this compact form of the Chinese native Indigofera kirilowii came from the late Christopher Lloyd via designer Edith Eddleman

or in an aquatic garden

arrowhead-shaped

combined with all summer flowering

Crinum augustum Shortia the cool weather provides theCrinum x augustum is one of the giant trunked crinum lilies that has been thoroughly confused since being named in the early 1800s. Crinum x augustum is an old hybrid, thought to predate Christopher Columbus and for those who passed history classes that's darn old. Crinum x augustum is a sterile hybrid of probably Crinum zeylanicum x Crinum asiaticum. Since Crinum x augustum has been around the proverbial block, it can now be seen growing in tropical