Crinum Wading Pool Puya The flower emerges from the

The flower emerges from the ground to form a giant grim reaper-like black-purple hood with a long threadlike tongue emerging from the front

evergreen clump of long

and is also a great summer container specimen plant

(aka: Iris domestica) We first saw this amazing irid in 2010 when visiting the Atlanta Botanic Garden

irrigation in summer time dry spells will keep it in growth

Crinum Wading Pool Puya The flower emerges from theCrinum 'Wading Pool' is 2017 Plant Delights introduction from our friend, Alabama plantsman, Wade Mahlke. Crinum 'Wading Pool' is a slightly smaller version of another of Wade's introductions, Crinum 'Moorish Harem'. Both plants are from a cross of Crinum abyssinicum x Crinum moorei. Crinum 'Wading Pool' is topped, starting for us in mid May with up to four 30" tall spikes of large, outfacing white flowers, that are pale pink in bud.