Crinum Pink Trumpet Pyrrosia When our first shell flowers

When our first shell flowers opened in the nursery

Araucaria araucana is truly one of the most architecturally bizarre trees in the universe

but not at a rate that will prove scary or invasive in the woodland garden

This unstable and highly variable chimera turned out to be an old but hard-to-find cultivar called Canna 'Cleopatra'

Arum italicum is a superb garden plant

Crinum Pink Trumpet Pyrrosia When our first shell flowersCrinum 'Pink Trumpet' is a Pat Malcolm hybrid of Crinum album and, possibly, Crinum 'Emma Jones' (per Alani Davis). The large rosettes of 4' long, glossy green leaves are topped with 4' tall flower spikes from July through September. Each spike terminates in a cluster of 8 10 dark rosy pink, very fragrant, trumpet shaped flowers.