Plant Queen Emma to reign over the garden

Robin Robinson

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Plant Queen Emma to reign over the garden

By ROBIN ROBINSON Key West Garden Club

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Queen Emma lily (Crinum augustum) was named after Hawaiian Queen Emma Rooke (1836-1885), consort of King Kamehameha. The Queen was admired for her humanitarian work and her love of nature. While not native to Hawaii, the lilies in her name are naturalized on the islands and grow in front of her sun cottage. This alien plant comes from South East Asia and is not really a lily, but in the Amaryl...

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