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August 30, 2010

What's blooming at Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory?

Photo credit: Michael Lemmon

Crinum Augustum

The Crinum Augustum or “Queen Emma” is a majestic perennial that will stand out in any garden, and it is blooming right now at Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory in Druid Hill Park.

It is native to the tropical areas of southern Asia and will need to grow in a frost-free area.

Its green and purple strap-like leaves can reach 5 to 8 feet tall and emerge from a bulb weighing up to 20 pounds.

The large fragrant flowers are white and purple and grow on long purple stalks.

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Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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