Swamp Lily
Crinum americanum
Swamp lily lofts fragrant, spidery white blooms over standing water and wet ditches all summer. Its long-tubed flowers are worked by night-flying sphinx moths.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TX