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Allium schoenoprasum
CHIVES
Type: culinary herb
Bloom season: spring - mid summer
Flower colors: pink
Height & Spread: 15" tall; 2' feet wide
Site & Soil: full sun; good well-drained fertile soil; if there is poor
drainage the bulbs can easily rot
Origin: northern hemisphere, mainly in the Mediterranean area.
Use: for herb gardens, edging vegetable plots; grown for its edible foliage which can
be used in omelettes and other dishes. Also rockeries for its flowers.
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Allium giganteum
FLOWERING ONION
Type: bulb
Bloom season: June
Flower colors: pink
Height & Spread: 4 feet tall; 12 inches wide
Site & Soil: thrives best in full sun, will tolerate light shade ; average well-drained soil
Zones: 5 -8
Crocus
CROCUS
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 8
Type of bulb: corm
Bloom season: spring; other varieties bloom in winter and fall
Height & Spread: 2 - 8 inches tall; 6 inches wide
Site & Soil: full sun; well- drained;
Cyclamen persicum
PERSIAN VIOLET
Hardiness: Zones 6 - 9
Type of bulb: tuber
Bloom season: spring, other varieties bloom in fall and winter
Height & Spread: 3 - 12 inches tall; 8 inches wide
Site & Soil: light shade; moist, well-drained soil
Special interest: long season of bloom
Darwin tulip
TULIP 'jule of spring'
Type: true bulb, hybrid
Bloom season: early spring
Height & Spread: 12 -14 " tall; 4" wide
Site & Soil: full sun to partial shade; well-drained fertile sandy soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 9
Fritillaria imperialis
FRITILLARY
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: spring to early summer
Height & Spread: 8 - 36" tall; 12" wide
Site & Soil: sun or part shade; fertile, moist, well-drained sandy soil
Hardiness: zones 3 - 9
Fosteriana tulip
TULIP
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: early spring
Height & Spread: 8" tall; 4" wide
Site & Soil: full sun to partial shade; well-drained fertile sandy soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 8
Greigii tulip
TULIP 'toronto'
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: early spring
Height & Spread: 12 -14 " tall; 4" wide
Site & Soil: full sun to partial shade; well-drained fertile sandy soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 8
Hippeastrum
AMARYLLIS
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: spring
Height & Spread: 1- 2 ' tall; 1' wide
Site & Soil: full sun; moist, well-drained sandy soil
Hardiness: tender or Zones: 9 - 11
Hyacinthus Orientalis
HYACINTH
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: early spring
Height & Spread: 4 - 12" tall; 6" wide
Site & Soil: full sun; well-drained fertile soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 7
Iris
IRIS (beardless)
Type: bulb
Bloom season: summer
Height & Spread: 2' tall; 1' wide
Site & Soil: open sunny site or light shade; any good garden soil
Hardiness: zones 5 - 9 |
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Iris 'gay parasol'
IRIS (Tall bearded)
Type: rhizome
Bloom season: early summer
Height & Spread: 28" tall: 15" wide
Site & Soil: open sunny site; any good garden soil
Hardiness: zones 5 - 9
Iris
IRIS 'gold gallore'
Type: (Tall bearded) rhizome
Bloom season: early summer
Height & Spread: 28" tall: 15" wide
Site & Soil: open sunny site; any good garden soil
Hardiness: zones 5 - 9
Iris
IRIS 'ruby chimes'
Type: (intermediate) rhizome
Bloom season: late spring
Height & Spread: 15 - 28" tall: 12" wide
Site & Soil: open sunny site; any good garden soil
Hardiness: zones 5 - 9
Lilium
LILY
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: summer
Height & Spread: 2 - 4 feet tall; 8 inches wide
Site & Soil: full sun to light shade; moist-well drained soil
Hardiness: zones 3- 9
Muscari armeniacum
GRAPE HYACINTH
Type: bulb
Bloom season: early spring to early summer
Height & Spread: 6 - 16" tall; 4" wide
Site & Soil: full sun; well-drained soil
Hardiness: zones 3- 8
Narcissus 'Professor Einstein'
DAFFODILS (Large-cupped Narcissi)
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: late winter to late spring
Height & Spread: 1 -2 ft.
Site & Soil: full sun to shade; well-drained soil
Narcissus 'Dutch Master'
DAFFODILS (Trumpet daffodils)
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: late winter to late spring
Height & Spread: 6" - 18" tall
Site & Soil: full sun to shade; well-drained soil
Narcissus 'Ice Follies'
DAFFODILS (Large-cupped Narcissi)
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: late winter to late spring
Height & Spread: 1 -2 ft.
Site & Soil: full sun to shade; well-drained soil
Narcissus (Cyclamineus)
DAFFODILS 'Tete A Tete'
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: early spring
Height & Spread: 10" tall' 10" wide
Site & Soil: full sun to shade; well-drained soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 10 Hyacinthus Orientalis
HYACINTH 'Blue Jacket'
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: spring
Height & Spread: 4 - 12" tall; 6" wide
Site & Soil: full sun; well-drained fertile soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 7
Negrita tulip
TULIP
Type: true bulb
Bloom season: mid to late spring
Height & Spread: 20" tall; 8" wide
Site & Soil: full sun, part sun; well-drained fertile soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 7
Scilla sibirica
SIBERIAN SQUILL
Type: bulb
Bloom season: early to mid spring
Height & Spread: 6" tall; 3" wide
Site & Soil: full sun to partial shade; average, well-drained fertile soil
Hardiness: Zones 3 - 8
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