Crinum Merry Me variabile bulbispermum Cypella 5" wide green leaves

5" wide green leaves

Being native to salt marshes

Not only are the clumps dense and tight

The back of each olive-green colocasia-like leaf is beautifully patterned with dark purple blotches

the 2' tall x 3' wide clumps are topped with sweetly fragrant

Crinum Merry Me variabile bulbispermum Cypella 5" wide green leavesCrinum 'Merry Me' is a Plant Delights selection from a cross of Crinum bulbispermum x Crinum variable from Indiana's Jim Shields. Crinum 'Merry Me' makes a compact clump of glaucous blue, deeply channeled foliage, topped, starting in early July with 3' tall spikes, topped with clusters of 11 15 outward facing, widely flared, tubular light pink flowers that are heavily striped burgundy. As the flowers become pendant, they also intensify in burgundy