Marcelle's Crinums

I have a waiting list for other crinums which are on my main list which is available on request. If you see something that you like and are interested in, please let me know.

Yours truly,

Marcelle Sheppard

MARCELLE' S CRINUMS
440 Oak Lane
Vidor, Texas 77662

12 APOSTLES

Near White blossoms in spring & pink in fall as weather cools. Tall, neat plant with strong scapes.

AMERICAN MAID

Mr. Hannibal's Americanum X Scabrum Cross-Medium size plant, reblooms and sets seeds. White with red keels.

ASIAN BELLE

Sheppard Hybrid Asiaticum X Southern Belle cross-white with pink keels.

ASIAN DOLL

Sheppard seedling - ASIAN DOLL - Asiaticum (from Claude Davis) X Southern Belle. Large heads of white w/pink keels and edges or tips on blossoms. Fall flowering. Multiplies. Grows in regular garden.

ASIAN ROSE

Sheppard seedling - ASIAN ROSE - Asiaticum (Steve Lowe) X Rose City Schoolhouse Scabrum. Large narrow white petals with rose keels. Reblooms and multiplies well. Grows in regular garden.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

Luther Bundrandt Hybrid, Dark Red Wine flowers, larger than Lorraine Clark.

BLUE ANGEL

Hannibal seed sent to me - BLUE ANGEL - beautiful orchid blue Macowanii seedling which multiplies. I have had this one as Macowanii seedling #1

BRADLEY

One of the prettier Red wine colored flowers, neat foliage.

BUNDRANDT LIGHT PINK POWELLII SEEDLING

Light Pink Powellii Seedling. Reblooms, sets seeds and is the pod parent of Lovely Lady.

BURGUNDY

Dark Burgundy red beautiful and  larger than Ellen Bosenquet.

CAROLINA BEAUTY

Pretty white flowers. Very popular in the Carolinas.

CARNIVAL

Beautiful Rose and pink blend flowers.

CECIL HOUDYSHELL

Pretty Pink-Pod parent of my hybrid LOVELY LADY.

CLAUDE DAVIS

Reblooms and sets seeds

DRAGON LADY

Beautiful red scaped and outside of flowers with red keels, formerly called Ruth Dubuisson Clone, probably an Americanum Robustrum X Rose City School House Scabrum cross.

EAGLE ROCK

Large flowering pink blossom and large plant.

ELIZABETH TRAUB

Looks like a smaller Ellen Bosenquet. I heard Dr. Traub named two the same name and one is larger than the other.

ELLEN BOSENQUET

Very popular red to burgundy crinum.

ELLEN BOSENQUET, CLONE #2

Looks same as original but is said to set seed more readily than the original clone. Acquired from Roy Works out of Florida. First time to offer.

ELSIE

Small plant, very old, blossom white.

FAYE HORNBUCKLE

One of the best red or wine colored crinums usually having large heads of blossoms.

FRAGRANT LADY

Hannibal seed grown by me - FRAGRANT LADY - sent to me with a batch of Abyssinicum seeds but not like any of them. Looks similar to a pale pink Beach Blow and is very fragrant. Mulitplies.

GARDEN PARTY

Dr. Thad Howard hybrid. Reblooms and is very pretty.

HANNIBAL'S DWARF

This pretty bloomer produces a heavy show in the spring and reblooms respectably after the heat of summer is passed. It increases easily and a single bulb soon creates a large clump.

J. C. HARVEY, RED SCAPED CLONE

Beautiful Pink blossoms with pretty and clean foliage, summer flowering and some rebloom.

KITTY CLINT

Different pink color, reblooms and multiplies.

LADY CHAMELEON

Sheppard seedling - LADY CHAMELEON - Burgundy X (I think) Large White Macowanii from International Growers. Large rose blossoms with some white varigation-has had 1/2 white and 1 solid white blossom in first scape but with time, only shows some white streaks in some blossoms. Reblooming and best seed setter I have and multiplies. Takes Macowanii pollen.

LIBERTY BELLS

Sheppard seedling - LIBERTY BELLS - Hannibal's Bulbispernum Jumbo X Rose City Schoolhouse Scabrum. Blossoms white with dark red keels inside and out. Reblooms and multiplies.

This astonishing hybrid produces large pendant flowers on tall stems. The lush blooms have a resplendent magenta stripe--one of my finest hybrids.

LORRAINE CLARK

Darkest Red (or wine) colored one I grow. Hybridized by Barry Clark. Multiplies well and blooms well.

LOUIS BOSENQUET

This beautiful pale pink-flowered hybrid is a reliable spring performer once bulbs are settled in.

LOVELY LADY

Sheppard seedling - LOVELY LADY - Cecil Houdyshell X Bundrandt's light pink Powellii seedling. Pale pink large flowers. Reblooms and sets seed, multiplies.

MAIDEN'S BLUSH

Light pink old hybrid.

MAMIE

Beautiful heavy once a year bloomer similar to Schreck.

MR. HANNIBAL'S ABYSSINICUM SEEDLING

Pale pink to white, multiplies well and reblooms.

MRS. JAMES HENDRY

Very fragrant and most sought after crinum, white & ligh pink blend color.

MARGIE BROWN

'Margie Brown' is a seedling with very good substance and rebloom. The scapes produce lots of brightly colored flowers. 

MARISCO

Small plant-white with red purple keels.

MAYAN MOON

'Love this one' (m.s.)

(Jagus family of Crinums)

MYSTERY

Rose colored hybrid.

NOT SNOW WHITE

Hannibal Seedling which he did not know what was and I have called it by this name.

POWELLII ALBUM

Blooms early and then reblooms later.

RATTRAYII - Jagus type Species with large, wide dark green foliage and large white tulip-shaped blossoms

(Jagus family of Crinums)

RED FLARE

Beautiful white with bright red keels. I like this one better than Stars & Stripes.

RIVER FORKS CLONE

Beautiful White blossoms looking like an Asisaticum but does not get that tall and blooms well, Garden variety.

RODGER CROKER MEMORIAL

A beauty! Better than Herbertia or Virginicum and it is better proportioned and color. It was found by Rodger Croker at his family's home or cemetery and was called "POPHAM CLONE" before his death.

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ROSE PARADE

Another beauty from Barry Clark. Blooms over a long period of time and sets some seeds. Very prolific.

ROYAL WHITE

Similar to Digweedii but blooms spring and fall and has very faint pink keels.

SAINT CHRISTOPHER

(Jagus family of Crinums)

SCHOOL BELLS

Best of the Macowanii X Rose City School House Scabrums. Reblooms and multiplies. Has not set seeds.

SCHRECK

A found plant. This beauty resembles Carol Abbot but blooms better. The sturdy flowers just keep coming.

SEVEN SISTERS

SPRING JOY

Spring flowering, sets seeds and Barry Clark has beautiful hybrid blooming now-opens white turning dark with age and also sets seeds.

STARS AND STRIPES

Excellent deep red coloration on clear white petals. The flowers hold up under Texas heat and humidity; 'Stars and Stripes' blooms best in midsummer but does rebloom in fall. The flowers are held nearly 2 ft-tall on sturdy stems. 

SUBMERSUM

Large summer blooming white with rose keels crinum.

SUMMER GLOW

Light pink with dark pink center, large plant & flowers.

SUNDANCE

Bundrandt white with pink keels crinum.

TEMPLE BELLS

Sheppard seedling - TEMPLE BELLS - Macowanii X Rose City Schoolhouse Scabrum. Extra large heads of white blossoms with pink keels. Reblooms and multiplies well.

T.M. HOWARD

Pretty orchid pink blend.

OH, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!

TYTY Hybrid-pretty and multiplies well.

WALTER FLOREY

A beautiful variable color similar to GARDEN PARTY with upright scapes which are taller than the foliage.

VERA CRUZ

Mexican Hybrid white with brilliant red keels, multiplies well.

WHITE MOGUL

Another creation of Les Hannibal. The large pure-white white flowers are held high on a sturdy scape.

WHITE QUEEN

(Small Size Bulbs)

Pure white flowers with exquisitely recurved petals

WORSELII

Roy Works said this one bloomed pink for him when he lived in Tampa but is always red for me.

AVAILABLE AQUATIC OR BOG CRINUMS

These may be grown in boggy ground or in pots with no drainage and having a couple inches water over the bulbs at most times or in regular pots with a large saucer underneath to hold water.

BAYOU BELLE

Sheppard Americanum Robustum X Scabrum hybrid-medium size plant with clean foliage and white with rose keels

BAYOU PINK BEAUTY

Seed given to me by Mercer Arboretum and looks similar to Summer Nocturne but blooms better for me.

BAYOU TRAVELER

Sheppard Oliganthum (West Indies Mini) X Flaccidum Yellow Form Hybrid. Practically ever blooming and sets seeds. It likes to run, so either plant where you don't care or plant in enclosed container. Good plant to use in hybridizing.

JAGUS FROM THE CAMEROONS

Grow in bog conditions where it will bloom beautiful white tulip shaped blossoms.

(Jagus family of Crinums)

'PASS-ALONG BAYOU BEAUTY CLONE'

White with pink keels.  Has not set seeds, multiplies well, will grow in garden or bog conditions. 

SUMMER NOCTURNE

A late starter, Summer Nocturne flowers open pink, pale-pink, or nearly white. Established clumps keep blooming till fall once they start.

Marcelle Sheppard