A hybrid bulbous perennial, mainly from crossing Crinum powellii with Amaryllis belladonna, grown for its fragrant pink late-summer flowers. Plant the bulb with its neck near the soil surface in a sunny, well-drained spot.

Family: Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Light: Full sun
Water: Water regularly during the growing season and keep dry while dormant in late summer and winter.
Soil: Well-drained garden soil, ideally rich and loamy.
Temperature: Hardy in mild climates; protect from hard frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: Bulbs and leaves of the parent genera (Amaryllis and Crinum) contain alkaloids that can cause nausea, vomiting and skin irritation if eaten or handled.

About

The scientific name × Amarcrinum is applied to those hybrid plants obtained from artificial crosses between the genera Amaryllis and Crinum, although as of March 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families regards the name as "unplaced". They are grown as ornamental plants in gardens.

Uses

Several cultivars of × Amarcrinum have been raised and all of them are used as ornamental plants.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article × Amarcrinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Credits & terms

Know any plant.Grow it well.

Common in

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

See them in 3D

Browse plants

× Amarcrinum

About

Uses

Know any plant.
Grow it well.