Botanica's 100 Best Bulbs for Your GardenLaurel Glen Publishing Who can resist the joy of seeing the first daffodil or jonquils when spring breaks through after a bleak winter? Bulbs provide an invaluable vibrancy in the garden. Easy to grow and versatile, they can be grown in containers, in small gardens or on balconies. Gardeners can plan a massed display of tulips or simply enjoy the fragrance of a few hyacinths, grown in a pot on a window ledge. This book features all the most popular varieties, gives detailed information on choosing and growing bulbs and planning landscapes, and gives tips for container growing and practical advice on lifting and storing bulbs at the end of the season. Fully illustrated throughout, it details plant descriptions, cultivation notes, botanical and common names and hardiness zones. |
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Calla to Cyrtanthus | 31 |
Dahlia to Eucomis | 53 |
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Africa Agapanthus Allium Allium giganteum Alstroemeria Anemone areas arum Arum italicum Asia Bearded bears Begonia Bergenia blooms blue flowers bright bulbous Camassia quamash central Chionodoxa climates clumps color cool corms Crinum Crocosmia Crocus cultivars Cyclamen daffodils daffodils Division Dahlia deciduous deep early spring early summer fleshy flowering stems flowers appear foliage frost hardy full sun Galtonia garden genus Gladiolus green leaves grow height hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis Iris irises late spring late summer late winter lilac Lilium lily Narcissus native offsets orange pale part-shade perennials perianth petals pink flowers Plant bulbs popular pots produce Propagate from seed pure white range rhizomatous rhizomes Rhodohypoxis rich Roscoea scented Scilla seed in autumn shade showy spathe species spider lily spike spotted strap-like tall Trillium trumpets Tuberhybrida Group tubers Tulipa umbels usually well-drained soil white flowers wide wild yellow flowers Zantedeschia aethiopica ZONES