Cardiocrinum giganteum
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(kar-dee-0-KEE-num: gi-GAN-tee-um) LILIACEAE. Plants grow 8-10 feet tall with stout, leafy stems that have up to 20-30 flowers. These bulb forming plants have large, dark green leafs that are heart shaped instead of long and narrow like true lilies, which they are related to. They flower in summer with 6-12 inch long, Easter-lily like flowers, that are scented and a creamy-white color. Like most moth pollinated plants the scent is the strongest at night. The trumpet shaped blossoms have red-purple stripes inside. The seeds might take 4+ years to flower. A winner to impress your gardening and non-gardening friends- but an investment in time is needed. Grow in open shade, were not exposed to hot sun, soil should be well drained. This species is monocarpic - which means that the plant dies after it flowers- but don't fear- before the plants die they will produced a number of smaller bulb off-sets that will flower in the future, so once established clumps are long lived. The genus name means something like 'Heart Lily' in relation to the large heart-shaped leaves. The species name means 'Very Large' Native from the Himalaya area to North West Burma and South Western China. Zones (6)7-9. Can even be grown in zone 5 if planted deep and mulched over the winter. Sow at 64-75ºF for 4 weeks, move to 24-39ºF for 5 weeks, then move to 41-60ºF for germination. 15 seeds.