The Bulb Book: A Photographic Guide to Over 800 Hardy Bulbs |
Common terms and phrases
Afghanistan Allium alpine house Amaryllidaceae April to June Araceae Boiss bulb frame Caucasus Central Asia Colchicum colour Crete Crocus Cultivation dry in summer Easily grown Easy to grow Erythronium Europe flowering from April flowering from February flowering from March flowering in April flowering in March Fritillaria full sun garden grassy places Greece grow in well-drained growing in rocky growing in scrub growing in woods growing on stony half-shade hardy hybrid Iran Iridaceae Iris July Kopet leafy soil leaves Liliaceae Lilium March and April meadows Mediterranean region mountains Narcissus Native of Central Native of southern Native of western naturalised Oleg Polunin Pamir Pamir Alai peaty soil Peloponnese petals Photographed 14 April pink plant Ranunculaceae Regel Liliaceae rocky places Scilla scrub Source Turkey Spain stem Sternbergia stony hillsides stony slopes subsp sunny place Tien Shan Tulipa Turkey usually well-drained soil Wisley yellow Yugoslavia