Other Bulbs Page 3

Giant Summer Snowflake

The Summer Snowflake 'Gravetye Giant', 'Leucojum aestivum', a fall planted bulb, produces flowers that resemble the snowdrop, but with green tips. The pendant white bells have six equal petals tipped with a dot of emerald green. The multiple flowers dangle on 18 inch stems. The slender leaves grow outward in a gentle curve. Summer Snowflake is one of the easiest and most carefree naturalizing bulbs you can grow. Like daffodils, they can be grown under shrubs and trees that are leafless in the late winter and early spring.

Mixed Colors Tritonia

The Tritonia Mixed, 'Tritonia', a fall planted bulb, produces flowers of mixed colors on a short plant. These clump forming plants have strappy leaves with flared trumpet-like flowers. Tritonia is available as mixed colors in white, orange and pink shades. They will produce masses of flowers in late spring. They have a very similar flower shape to sparaxis and freesias, although they flower much later, filling the gap between spring and summer flowering bulbs. They make beautiful borders and beds and they last reasonably well in the vase.

Mixed Colors Watsonia

The Watsonia 'Mixed Colors', 'Watsonia', a fall planted bulb, is a perennial herb growing from corms that produces erect spikes of showy flowers. The Mixed Color Watsonia will provide a beautiful assortment of colors to your garden. They are ideal cut flowers. The soft colored bells are abundant through the warmer months and they appear above sword shaped leaves. Watsonia are sun loving and tolerant of dry conditions and they have attractive foliage for most of the year. Watsonia are suited to rock garden pockets in temperate climates.

English Bluebells

The English Bluebells 'non-scripta Hyacinthoides ', is a fall planted bulb. These English Bluebells produce elegant flowers with a honey scented smell. Hanging from the sturdy, round flower stalks are lots and lots of broad, bell-shaped flowers. There can

Guinea-hen flower - Yellow

The Guinea-Hen Flower 'Yellow', 'Fritillaria Meleagris', a fall planted bulb, produces dainty ivory and yellow bell-shaped flowers. They are exquisite when naturalized with ferns or in tall grass, where they quickly form large colonies. Guinea plants flower in mid spring for about a 3 week period.Hen Flower bulbs prefer moist, organic soil and light, filtered shade. If conditions are right, the bulbs are long-lived and multiply well. The best results are achieved when the plants are not disturbed. This plant is great for mass planting, containers, rock gardens, and borders. They are also deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

Winter Aconite

The Winter Aconite, 'Eranthis hyemalis', a fall planted bulb, is one of the earliest spring flowering bulbs to flower. It can often be seen coming up through the snow. The plant produces yellow flowers on very short stems. The entire plant is only about 5 inches tall. They are a spreading plant that make a great addition as a border due to their size. Winter Aconite like moist well-drained soil and grow well in full sun or partial shade.

Early Spring Delight

The Early Spring Delight mix will bring joy to any gardener who likes to see wonderful color combinations. This mix includes the early blooming Daffodil Tete-a-Tete and Grape Hyacinth. This provide a color scheme of bright yellow and blue. A true joy to any gardener and veiwer alike.

Firecracker Mix

The Firecraker Mix will bring joy to any gardener who likes to see wonderful color combinations. This mix includes the early blooming Daffodil-Jetfire and Spring Beauty-Blue (Scilla siberica). The Jetfire Daffodil has bright yellow flowers with dark orange trumpets and the Spring Beauty is truly a wonderful blue color. A true joy to any gardener and veiwer alike.

Mardi Gras Mix

The Mardi Gras Mix will start a party in the early spring with a wonderful color combination. This mix includes the early blooming Tulips-Stresa that are bright yellow and red and the first blooming in the spring Crocus Remembrance. The color combination is truly beautiful in the early spring. A true joy to any gardener and veiwer alike.

Red, White and Blue Mix

The Red, White and Blue Mix is a celebration of our Memorial Day and Fourth of July holiday with colors the name implies. This mix includes the Tulips-Plaisir that are white and red and Grape Hyacinth that are blue. A wonderful way to celebrate our heritage in your garden. A true joy to any gardener and veiwer alike.

Spanish Bluebells - Queen of the Pinks

The Spanish Bluebells 'Queen of the Pinks', 'Hyacinthoides hispanica ', is a fall planted bulb. These Spanish Bluebells produce elegant flowers with a heavenly, sweet perfume. This is one of the tallest-growing Scilla species. Hanging from the sturdy, round flower stalks are lots and lots of broad, bell-shaped flowers. The color of this species found in the wild is violet-blue, but there are also large-flowering pink, white, light blue and dark blue cultivars available. Plant the bulbs in locations where the soil is rich in nutrients and sufficiently moist, and do so as soon as possible after acquiring them. For the best effects, plant the bulbs in clusters of 10 to 15 bulbs, or scatter clusters throughout the garden or flower border. Bluebells bloom for a 3 week period in late spring/early summer. These plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant. Spanish Bluebells are great for mass planting, containers, rock gardens, and borders.

Spring is in the Air

The Spring is in the Air mix will bring joy to any gardener who likes to see wonderful color combinations. This mix includes the early blooming Daffodil February Gold and Anemone Blue Shades. This provide a color scheme of bright yellow and blue. A true joy to any gardener and veiwer alike.