Crinum x powellii

Crinum x powellii, commonly called swamp lily or Cape lily, is a hybrid of garden origin resulting from a cross between two South African crinums.  This hybrid typically produces a clump of narrow, strap-shaped green leaves to 3-4’ long and to 2-3” wide near the base from which rises a naked flower scape to 4-5’ tall which is topped with umbels of 8-10 showy, fragrant, trumpet-shaped, pink flowers (each to 4” diameter) which bloom in succession from late summer to early autumn. Leaves are evergreen in frost free winter climates, but will die back in freezing temperatures. Long necked bulbs are large (to as much as 7” in diameter) with tapered necks.  (Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Gardens Plant finder)