Giant Himalayan Lily

Cardiocrinum giganteum Yannanense

• Position: partial shade
• Soil: humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: June to August
• Flower colour: white, often tinted green
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Other features: bronze tinted leaves, stems and new growth

  This stunning aristocratic plant of the woodland edge bears stately fower-spikesof glowing 15cm long lily-like white trumpets (Jun - Jul) above bronze-purplestems and leaves.

• Garden care: Plant bulbs in autumn just below the soil surface. Top-dress annually with leaf mould and provide a deep winter mulch

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