Crinum moorei
Moore's spider lily, Natal lily
- Height × spread
- 1.5m × 1.5m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
Untidy and beautiful! In summer this produces enormous trumpet flowers, white to soft pink blooms held on long green stems. The trumpets have a soft pink suffusion variously applied to the petals. Within are slender stamens, snowy and refined and curling outwards. The leaves may be nearly a metre in length and occupy space. The flowers are fragrant and the scent is stronger in the evening. This leads to the supposition that it is moth-pollinated. This is a half-hardy plant that needs protection in winter. It is only for the warmest parts of the country, or an ample greenhouse. This naturally grows on the eastern seaboard of South Africa. It enjoys damp marshy places and loves shade. It is said to positively glow when placed in dappled shade.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, fragrant
- Shape
- Cone
- Height
- 1.5m
- Spread
- 1.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Exotic garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Rabbit resistant
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.