Sunday, May 20, 2012

Crinums are a warm-season classic in Southern gardens

The flowers in your photo resemble a crinum, perhaps 'Ellen Bousanquet,' which has clumps of long, undulating foliage and highly fragrant, deep-pink, trumpet-shaped blooms. Crinums are great root-hardy, subtropical bulbs for the South, tolerant of both drought and wet soil. The grayish-white substance is powdery mildew, a common fungal disease that appears on new leaves and flower buds. For a bad case, treat at the first signs of the disease with a dust or spray fungicide that targets crape myrtle powdery mildew. Several commercial options are available, and baking soda, mixed at the rate of 4 teaspoons per gallon of water, can be used as a foliar spray. Or treat with neem oil or a summer oil that targets the disease. Do you know where I could find this 18- to 24-inch vivid blue iris with a gold throat? I'm also trying to find naked lady plants for my mom. Since the strappy foliage appears after flowers, the spidery blooms are called naked ladies.

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