Crinum Alamo Village Dwarf Plants Take a Baptisia australis and

Take a Baptisia australis and shrink the leaves and plant by about half

sweetly fragrant

via the US National Arboretum

From Mexico comes this small

Each 2-3' wide clump is topped in midsummer with sturdy stalks of light lavender flowers

Crinum Alamo Village Dwarf Plants Take a Baptisia australis andCrinum 'Alamo Village' is an amazing crinum lily that has graced old southern gardens for decades but was popularized by the late Dr. Thad Howard of Texas, who discovered the plant in the 1960s in Alamo Village, Texas. The fast growing clumps of glossy, light green foliage are topped continuously throughout the summer with 4' tall stalks of large, fragrant, spidery petaled flowers that emerge as magenta buds but open near white with a maroon blush to