Collection: Cardiocrinum

Native to Eastern Asia, the ‘Giant Himalayan Lily’ is a most impressive subject for the woodland garden or moist shady border. It requires a cool, moist yet well-drained position with deep humus-rich soil. Sometimes a season or more will pass before the bulb is sufficiently well sealed to flower, but patience will be rewarded when the spectacular flower stem, with up to 20 highly fragrant blooms appear. Cardiocrinums are monocarpic which means the bulbs die after flowering. They leave behind  a number of bulblets which in their turn grow on and flower in years to come.