Growing Scilla Bulbs
This genus takes in a very large number of species of varying size. The bulbs produce strap-shaped leaves and spikes bearing six-petalled flowers. Practically all are hardy, although some come from...
View ArticleSparaxis Bulbs
This small genus of South African origin produces flowers of such brilliant colour combinations that it is often referred to as the Harlequin Flower. Sparaxis are closely related to ixias although they...
View ArticleGrowing Autumn-Flowering Bulbs: Sternbergia
Sternbergia lutes is an attractive autumn-flowering bulb growing to about 4 to 6 in. in height and producing large, rich golden-yellow blooms in October. It is most effective planted on grassy banks...
View ArticleGrowing Bulbs for the Summer: Tigridia
One of the most exotic and unusual of all bulbous flowers for the summer garden is the tigridia, sometimes catalogued as Ferraria and also known as the Peacock Tiger Flower. The quaint shape and...
View ArticleSpring Flowering Bulbs: Tulips
For spring bedding there is no flower which has such a wide colour range or which gives such a bright display over so long a period as the tulip. They can be massed in beds by themselves, but the best...
View ArticleZephyranthes: Zephyr Flower or Swamp Lily
This is known as the Zephyr Flower or Swamp Lily. The bulbs can be grown in light, sandy, well-drained loam in a sunny position, where they produce narrow, strap-shaped leaves and erect, funnel-shaped,...
View ArticleWinter Flowering Bulbs for Colour Indoors
As an inexpensive means of providing colourful floral decorations in the home during the dull weeks of winter and early spring, bulbs are pre-eminent. One does not need to be a skilled gardener or...
View ArticleSpring Borders: Flowers Throughout the Spring
Flowers throughout the spring With a little careful planning and some imagination you can create an uplifting spring border that comes into flower before the end of winter and provides a constant...
View ArticleIris x Fulvala
As with Iris fulva, Iris Fulvala is one of the Louisiana irises, which are naturally distributed in the warm and wetlands of the southern USA. In appearance, however, this iris is totally different. It...
View ArticleGarden Bulb Types
7. BULBS Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrops) Well-known early-flowering bulb with greyish leaves. What is not so well known is that they only move well when ‘in the green’, that is in full leaf. Dry bulbs...
View ArticleZephyranthes
Known as the Zephyr Flower, the blooms are as lovely as the name of the plant. Those who know it, often refrain from planting it on account of its reputation of being difficult. In a sheltered...
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