Crinum hildebrandtii Spring Starburst Yellow/Gold Foliage Plants 5' tall x 5' wide

5' tall x 5' wide rosettes that offset quite fast

Ceratostigma willmottianum is one of those perennials we simply wouldn't garden without

golden leaves that age to chartreuse in the fall

but they are painfully slow in our southeast heat and wimpy winters

Crinum hildebrandtii Spring Starburst Yellow/Gold Foliage Plants 5' tall x 5' wideCrinum 'Spring Starburst' is a 2020 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of the little known African (Madagascar, Comoros Islands) native, Crinum hildebrandtii. Despite being discovered in 1875, Crinum hildebrandtii was unknown in living collections until 1989 when plantsman Dave Lehmiller received a bulb from the volcanic slopes of Comoros Island's Mt. Karthala. Our introduction is a seedling selection from that important collection. Crinum hildebrandtii