To grow a healthy Chinese crinum lily, these 4 points are the most important

Crinum lily, also known as fragrant crinum lily, is a common household plant. When it was first introduced to our country it was called Moore's crinum lily. Because the flower has a captivating fragrance, it was named fragrant crinum lily, and since then it has become the trade name for most of the introduced species in this genus. It is native to the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. As for growing fragrant crinum lily, spring to summer is suitable, and it generally blooms in summer. It is a perennial bulbous herbaceous flower, with wide and thick leaves, dense green all year round, and flower buds standing upright throughout the year. So, what will the fragrant crinum lily ultimately look like? What kind of cultivation methods and points for attention do you need when growing fragrant crinum lily? Let's talk about it together next.

1. How to grow crinum lily

Planting in deep pots: In order to meet the nutrients needed for the growth of fragrant crinum lily, a large pot must be used for cultivation when growing it, to ensure the supply of water and soil.

Water and fertilizer management: During the plant's normal growth period, from May to September, the amount of water given each day should be appropriate. Keep dryness and moisture moderate. Every 7 to 10 days apply oil cake residue and black sorghum and the like to the fertilizer water, the concentration should be moderate, and stop in winter.

During the vigorous growth period, fragrant crinum lily always produces axillary buds around the rhizome. To ensure the plant stands upright, the roots are neat, and the whole plant grows normally, the axillary buds should be removed in time.

2. Crinum lily breeding methods

The crinum lily plant is robust, shade-tolerant, and its leaves are green all year round, making it suitable for garden landscaping or large potted plants. The flowers in wetlands are beautiful, and the flowers are slender and upright. The dryland plant type is short and strange. Submerged species need further study. Regarding hybridization of fragrant crinum lily: division can be carried out in spring. Tip the mother fragrant crinum lily plant out of the pot, peel off the bulbs around it and plant them separately.

Sowing and propagation of fragrant crinum lily: 3 to 4 months is suitable. In the north, artificial pollination is needed, otherwise it is not easy to grow strong. Fragrant crinum lily seeds have a very high water content and should be sown after harvest. It can be done in a shallow pot, covered with about 2 cm of soil, and watered. Keep humidity moderate, at a temperature of 16-22°C. It should not be too wet. It can sprout after about 2 weeks. When the seedlings grow 2 to 3 true leaves, they can be transplanted into small pots. It can bloom in 3 to 4 years.

3. Flowering time of the crinum lily

Fragrant crinum lily likes warmth, humidity, and slight shade, is salt-tolerant, and is not cold-tolerant; its growing temperature is 15~20°C. It is a perennial bulbous herbaceous flower, with wide and thick leaves, dense green all year round, up to 1 m long, pointed at the front end, like a giant green sword; the flower buds stand upright all year round, at roughly the same height as the leaves, but most only bloom in summer and autumn, generally with 10 to 24 flowers, with the top of the flower stalk in an umbrella shape.

Each flower has 6 slender petals, purple in the middle and pink on both sides, stretching out to the surroundings when blooming, and it may even bend backward; it is full of flowers and fragrant, and for this reason it has been sought after by many people. Its flower color and fragrance are excellent, and it blooms in July. It has high ornamental value, and it is widely planted in many places such as homes, streets, and universities.

4. Considerations for growing crinum lily

With fragrant crinum lily, attention should be paid to the prevention and control of pests and diseases during cultivation. Under high temperature and high humidity, leaf spot disease is prone to appear on the leaves and leaf bases. When similar symptoms appear, be sure to deal with and check them in time, identify the problem as quickly as possible, clean up the bad parts, and keep the remaining parts clean, and the development can be controlled through some chemical methods.