Crinum digweedii Mermaid Sarracenia Virtually everything about Hibiscus aculeatus

Virtually everything about Hibiscus aculeatus is fuzzy

and the Pauline Banyai Award (most distinctive unregistered seedling) at the 1995 AHS Convention Leaf Show

the central tuber will often die in the low teens F so

a mid-summer cutback may help it look fresh into the fall

Clumps of Hosta 'Hollywood Lights' are topped with 2' tall spikes of light lavender hummingbird-friendly flowers in mid-July

Crinum digweedii Mermaid Sarracenia Virtually everything about Hibiscus aculeatusCrinum x digweedii 'Mermaid' is a hybrid of Crinum americanum x Crinum scabrum from Texas crinum breeder, Marcelle Sheppard. The clumps of glossy green, deeply channeled leaves are topped, starting in mid September (NC) with 30" stalks, terminating in a cluster of large, fragrant white flowers with wide central red stripes nicely vigorous.