Achimenes ( Gesneria menage ) These greenhouse plant life require a mature temperature of at least 6o ° F ( 6 ° C ) . Their fragile prow can be keep going by twigs or allow to fall out of a hanging basket . The small trumpet - shaped flowers , freely grow , are in sunglasses of pink , purple blue and purple . The tubers are small scaly rhizomes , effective set out into growing in a box of peatmoss and sand and then transferred to the hanging baskets when growing . In 5 - 6 in . pots space them 2 - 3 in . apart in a compost of 2 part loam , 2 parts peatmoss , and t part Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin , and cover by 1/2 in . They can be depart into growth from February to April for succession of bloom . Once in growth never allow them to dry out and keep the atmosphere humid by spraying or red spider jot may set on . Pinch out turn points to cause branching , especially when in pay heed baskets . When in flower transfer to a cool place will ascertain a longer display , as will shade from direct sunshine . ironical slowly after flowering and store in their dirt in a dry billet at a temperature of 5o ° F ( 10 ° century ) .
Plants can be increased by easygoing cuttings in spring in a affectionate disseminator , by seeds sow in March , in a temperature of 65 - 70 ° F ( 18 — 21 vitamin C ) , or by take away scales and sowing them like come . Forking genus Tuber can be divided .
Acidanthera (Iris family)
A. bicolor murielaeis a half - sturdy corm with2.5 - 3 ft . spikes of fragrant white flowers with maroon in the throat . These plant life need a long produce season and in the northern part of the state this can be overcome by bug out them in pots in a coolheaded greenhouse in spring and plant them out in late May or June . Alternatively they can be grown in beds in a coolheaded greenhouse . Stake to forestall wind scathe outside and lift before frost occurs . Where the conditions is meek , corms may be implant outside where they can remain . Allium ( Lily class ) The ornamental onions are light bulb which give rise read/write head of small flowers in soft colors on stems ranging from 3 in . to 4 ft . There are good works for naturalizing in slender woodland , but most need a gay situation on the border or in the physical structure of a mixed edge , on a rock’n’roll garden or scree or even the protection of an alpine house . Many make good mown flowers . Some have a unassailable onion smell when bruise , therefore establish these where they will not be brush against . The untamed ramsonAllium triquetrum(white ) can be naturalize .
Amaryllis (Amaryllis family) (belladonna lily)
This plant life can only be grown outdoors in mild areas of the nation . It call for a well - drained but well - fed border such as under a south - west wall where it receives the maximal amount of sun .
The big heads of fragrant , trumpet - determine flowers are gentle pink , but there is a good white called Hathor ’ and various rich pinkish course . Flowers look in September on 2 - 3 ft . stems before the leaves .
The bulb are very large and solve their necks out of the soil , but it is wise to start them just below the aerofoil and to mulch in the fall . get out them to form dense clumps before lifting and replanting .
Anemone (Ranunculus family)
A. coronariahybrids , the poppy anemones , have big flowers , on 8 - 12 in . stems , in smart red , reddish blue , lavender and purple , some fill in with white , individual in De Caen varieties and semi - double in St Brigid . In mild dominion prime can be had in succession by planting the on an irregular basis forge tuber at any time . In colder expanse they may be planted in the fall in frost - proof frigid physical body to provide slew flowers . They require a rich moist well - cultivated soil .
A. blandahas piddling Tuber . Soak the tubers before planting in the spill z2 in . deeply in a sunny position , or under deciduous shrubs trim off the ground . clean , pinkish , blue , reddish blue and scarlet forms occur .
Babiana (Iris family) (baboon plant)
B.strictamakes an first-class cool nursery pot industrial plant . It has i ft . high spike of magenta , dreary , purple or sulfur - yellowed flowers and can be grown in shelter borders in milder parts of the state .
In the greenhouse treat all these corresponding freesia grow from corms but plant babianas profoundly or they will make dropper to pull themselves down . out of doors they flower in June , but in pots are early .
Camassia ( Lily family)C.quamashvaries in flower color from violet - amobarbital sodium to creamy - white . It likes right stain and bring about all right clumps of flowers 2 - 3 ft . high . It flowers in June — July , but all the flowers on a spindle come out at once , so giving it a rather short but striking flowering time of year . C.leichtlinii , with rather larger item-by-item flowers on 3 ft . bow , has the same color range and is very hunky-dory in its cream shape . All have large lightbulb which need planting at least 4 in . thick .
Canna ( Canna family ) ( Amerind shot)Cannas have swollen rootstocks which will stand firm dry out right out during their resting menses , October to March , though they do better if bundle in just moist peatmoss or left in the soil in their pots , only being knocked out to re - can in bracing rich compost . The kind and hybrids of C.indicaproduce large , brightly colored bloom , mainly yellow , orangish or ruby , often recognise with a dismal red , on 2.5 - 3.5 ft . high stem , with all-encompassing green or sour red leaves .
Cannas are tender and need nerveless house temperature even when at residual . bring into leaf by moderate watering in March and kept growing steadily , in good rich grunge , they will flower from June until the fall . If used outside , convey in before hard Robert Frost occur . When necessary dissever up the chunk carefully before found .
Chionodoxa ( Lily house ) ( glorification of the snow)C.luciliaeproduces its bright blue , white centered starry bloom in March or April , several on a 6 - in . theme . It enjoys sunny position but does not object to some subtlety after the farewell have die down . It should be eat middling . Plant in the fall 2 in . abstruse and leave the bulb until they are overcrowded . It can also make a useful cooking pan for indoors , imbed in the spill and treated like hyacinths in corporation .
Colchicum ( Lily household ) ( autumn crocus)The early to blossom is the European furious C.autumnale , the rosy - lilac buds labour up without any leaves . A whole group of 2 - in . flush is normally produced from each incandescent lamp and each flower flops over as soon as it has wind up .
The ripe to acquire are C.byzantiumand C.speciosum , and their hybrids which have much bigger flowers rather like rose - pink or blanched tulip on stalks about 9 in . to i ft . high in September . Some like ‘ body of water - lily ’ , are double flowered . Others have chequered markings like checkered lily .
The big bulbs need planting during their short dormant time of year , in July for C.autumnale , and August for the late one .
No foliage are grow until the following spring , when C.byzantiumand C.speciosumproduce large pleated foliage , which are much too dominant for the sharpness of most borders . They are best plant in front of shrubs or as a border to a veg plot where they enjoy the productive , lime soil .
Crinum ( Amaryllis crime syndicate ) C. xpowelliiis a hybrid , hardier than either of its South African parent . It is a magnanimous bulb , up to 4 ft . high , which can be grow in tub and wheel around out of a cool nursery during the summertime , or planted permanently under a cheery bulwark in mild billet . Its 2 - 3 foot . stem has several bud on top which open up successively , each flower being a large trumpet . It may be had in flower any time from July to September and vary from virtuous white to deep pink .
Spring planting is best ; the necks gradually figure out out of the soil and require protection during insensate weather .
Crocosmia ( Iris mob ) The montbretias ( C. xcrocosmiiflora ) are hybrids;common form is hardy in milder areas . It has 2 - 3 foot . ramify stem of small , horn - shaped , orange - red bloom , produce freely , even in poor soil , during August . They apprise a sunny situation and moderate eating . There are cite hybrids with much bighearted flowers which have the merit that they do not have long spreading stolons .
C.masonorum,2 - 3 foot . , has arch growth . The deep orange - red flowers , produced in July , all present upwards .
corm of alternative kind can be lift in October and replanted in spring , but are best kept in somewhat moist peatmoss .
Crocus ( Iris family ) The large - flowered Dutch hybrid heyday in March , and the little mintage crocus , by deliberate planning , will give flowers from September to March . The fall and wintertime efflorescence one are available from July to August and need to be put in immediately , as some will flower almost at once . The relaxation can be planted at any time during the descent . The Dutch smorgasbord are fine for edging beds and naturalizing in grass and the bantam ones are for alpine house or rock garden or , in many instances for planting underdeciduousshrubs , orevenfornaturalizing in short grass ( taste C.zonatus , C. speciosus , C.aureusand C.tomasinianusfor this ) . Plant the corm with not above t in . of territory over them . The flowers of the fall bloom ones will come up before the leave of absence . Do not cut forage with crocus naturalized in it until the leaf have pop off down . The corms care to be well Sunday baked during the summertime . All may be grow in pans , the Dutch ace in bulb fibre also , but must not be bring into a warm place until the flowers are about out .
Cyclamen ( Primula folk ) The tuber of Cyclamen purpurascens get bigger each year but do not make other small tubers , which are only obtained from seedling plants , the sole method of increase . The magnanimous nursery Cyclamen purpurascens getable around Christmas have been raised from seed . Unlike most of the small ` hardy ’ cyclamen the good show is from thenew industrial plant elevate from seed after about i6 months in a quick nursery , and although the corm such a plant forms can be keep and grown for many more geezerhood it is not common to do so .
Species cyclamen are sold either in foliage or as dry corm ; the latter should be treated with heavy care as the loss of the dormant bud set the plants back permanently . corm should be thinly covered with sieved leaf stamp or peatmoss with some crisp guts and os - repast , and should not have this pressed down . Similar compost should be used as a top - stuffing every fall before the flowers or leaves appear .
All cyclamen have the characteristic swept - back petals , many have a color range from white through pink to carmine , often with throat marking of cardinal on the wan flowers , and many have beautiful marbling on their leaves .
Endymion ( Lily family ) ( tulip gentian ) The English bluebell isE. non - scri ptaand the Spanish bluebell , E. hispanicus . The latter have stiffer , heavier - looking flower spikes and are ordinarily sell mixed in people of color , deep blue , sky - blue , lilac pink and white . Both flower in May and can be naturalized in thin woodland , but the bulbs of the Spanish bluebell are more often planted in group in mixed delimitation or naturalized with daffodil in grass . All do best deep imbed in the fall and should not be disturbed unless necessary .
Eranthis ( Ranunculus family ) ( wintertime aconite)E. hyemalis , produces brilliant yellow bloom in February — March on 3 - 4 in . stem , each ruffle with green bract . It forms excellent ground cover if institute zed in . deep under deciduous bush or trees and will naturalize by seed . The tubers are obtainable in August and should be imbed without time lag . The works divide successfully at once after flowering .
Other kinds now and then available areE.cilicica , with finely cut bronzy foliage , andE. x tubergenii , which lasts in blossom longer but does not spread by ego - sown seed .
Erythronium ( Lily family)E. dens - canis , the dog ’s tooth violet has spotted leaves and nodding pink or white lily - like prime on 6 - in . stem in March — April . plant do well on soil containing lime and in light woodland , where they can be naturalized . They can also be grown in inadequate turf or among shrubs , but must not become dried out in hot weather . Plant about 3 in . deeply in nightfall .
Other good genus Erythronium areE. revolutum`White Beauty ’ , to 2 ft . high , bloodless marked with brown , April — May;E. hendersonii , pinkish with violet markings stem , April;E. tuolumense , lightness yellow with vivid unripe unspotted leaves ; its best crossbreed is ‘ Pagoda ’ , 1 - 1 1/2 ft . All apprize top - fecundation with sieved leaf mold .
Eucomis ( Lily family ) ( pineapple prime ) Eucomis are nerveless glasshouse plants with thick root which , in July and August , have belittled light-green - yellow heyday round down the top foot or so of stem , which ends in a tussock of leave-taking — pineapple fashion . The best known isE.comosa,(syn . E. punctata).In parts of the country where the weather is milder Eucomis may be grown outdoors . The large bulbs are best planted in 5 - in . pots in February or March . remainder dry in the pot from November to February , in a frost - free spot .
Freesia ( Iris family ) These are usually offered as colored hybrid , the funnel - shape flowers of which may be white , pick , yellow , orange , garden pink , blue angel and mauve . The newer hybrids are usually scented whatever their colour . The wiry , arching root may pass on 2 ft . They are splendid for cutting from February to May .
come sown in efflorescence size pots in a propagating skeletal frame at 65 - 7o ° F ( 17 - 21 ° snow ) in February - March and grown on nerveless without any disturbance can be had in flower in November , by bringing them into the green• house ( minimum 45 ° F ( 7 ° C ) in September . Fritillaria ( Lily family)F. meleagris , the ophidian ’s caput checkered lily will rise in most garden soils , especially in thin timberland , but must not dry out whole . It has hanging , wide , Vanessa Stephen - comparable flowers , often white with green marker or purplish - pink , often checker , on 1 - 11/2 ft stem in April .
F. imperialis , the top imperial beard , may reach 3 foot . and has a ring of orange or yellow flowers gamy on the stem , which is topped with a tussock of leaf . The declamatory bulb are less nonimmune to rot if initiate on their sides .
Galanthus ( Amaryllis menage ) ( snowdrops ) The vulgar Anemone quinquefolia , G.nivalis , has many varieties which extend the flowering time period from January - February to as early as October withreginae - olgaewhich blossom before its leaves , to the conclusion of March with ` Straffan ’ . The most pronto obtainable areatkinsii , about ten days earlier than the common type and much taller ( 6 - 8 in . ) ; Arnott ’s Seedling ’ , another vigorous kind , and the double manakin . All grow well in flimsy timber and should be planted 3 in . deep in the fall .
G. elwesiiis good grow in full sun and should be given a luck to mature without being overgrow by vegetation . The leaf are broad and the flower stem 6:-8 in . long . Galtonia ( Lily home ) ( Cape Hyacinth)G.candicansproduces 3 - 4 ft . spikes of dark-green - white , hyacinth - type flowers in summer . It makes fine groups in the middle or back of mixed boundary line . The large medulla are best planted 5 - 6 in . deep in leaping in mild expanse , and when the weather is primed , transfer to a north - facing build and once establish can be mulch instead of being lift in the fall . They do advantageously in plentiful , moist filth .
Gloriosa ( Lily kinfolk ) One of the lily kin ’s few climbing plants , this take a warm greenhouse , 70 ° F ( 21 ° hundred ) lower limit from February to August . The large tubers should be planted 2 or 3 in 8 - in . or large pots of compost consisting of loam , peat - moss , well - rotted manure and sand in equal proportion , or in lovesome parts of the country , planted out in the border . Cover with 2 in . of ground .
G. rothschildianahas long - stalked , bright cherry-red flowers like a Turk ’s cap lily , often with a yellow pharynx . The leaves have tendril at the peak and these start the plants to cling to whatever support is leave .
Other varieties ofG.rothschildianaand alsoG. superba , the aureole heyday , are sometimes find with chickenhearted flowers . All ask moist , but well - run out stain and a humid aura in summer . G. superbacan be grown in an average house . From September to January , when wholly dry , all can be house at 55 ° F ( 13 ° ampere-second ) .
Hippeastrum ( Amaryllis family)H.pratenseis the hardiest of these tender bulbs and can be grown outside in warm areas , or where the weather is more severe in a nerveless glasshouse . It makes a good locoweed plant , producing r ft . stems topped with 2 or 3 cryptic red horn - shape efflorescence with yellow throat in leaping or former summer .
The better sleep with large greenhouse hybrids — sometimes incorrectly call amaryllis — can be had in efflorescence much any calendar month of the yr in the nursery or indoors depending on their treatment . Bulbs put on sale from August forrader have been prevented from spring flowering and should be planted as soon as useable , when they can be had in flower from November onward . ( These may be described as ‘ prepared bulb ’ . ) They are surveil by normally early - flowering variety show which transmit the anthesis season through to April . Later varieties carry the bloom round to July or even September if the electric-light bulb are planted in succession .
The 3 ft . base are unremarkably topped with four tremendous trumpet flowers which spread out in quick succession ; there are frequently 2 or more stalk per bulb . The lightbulb are very with child . set them half into 4 or 5 in . pots with a cane at the side . The bloom stems may come in up before the strap - form leave or with them . They must be feed liberally . Any modest medulla oblongata which have mold may be removed and should be develop on without any drying off . dry out out the adult bulb as the leaves yellow , store the pots on their sides in a temperature of 50 ° F ( 10 ° C ) , and leave them thus for about three month before starting the bulbs into growth . In warm parts of the country , electric-light bulb may be imbed outside . Hyacinths ( Lily family ) The Roman hyacinths usually have several slim , loosely packed spikes per light bulb ; the more striking , stiff spiked ‘ Dutch ’ ones have the flower closely pack . Both are very fragrant .
The Dutch hyacinth may be bought ` specially fain ’ and these should be constitute as soon as uncommitted to give flowers in the glasshouse or indoors by tardy December or former January . They force well .
For indoors they may be grown in water only , in special hyacinth glasses ( discard the bulb after inflorescence ) ; severally in 3 1/2 - in . pots , or near packed in larger pots or bowls , with their ‘ noses ’ just uncovered . Use bulb fiber for bowls and start these in a service department or shaded chassis so that they are not swim by rainwater ; pots may be plunged in a cool position outdoors . Do not lend them into the heat until the roots are well modernise and the shoot is take off to grow ( usually from 8—10 week ) . Then keep in full luminousness .
Unprepared lightbulb which flower about 3 workweek later may be embed in succession to flower from January to April .
out-of-door jacinth should be constitute in rich soil at least 5 in . deep in October — November . Use only unprepared bulb . If used for courtly bedding they should be put back each season , but if fed well will make safe clumps among shrubs .
The Roman hyacinths , which are clean , pink or blue , are sometimes used on rock gardens , but are at their best indoors .
After flowering allow the leaf to die down naturally .
Ipheion ( Amaryllis family)I. uniflorum(sometimes listed asBrodiaea , TriteliaorMilla uniflora),isa small South American , early - flowering bulb producing white or pale bluish - mauve funnel shape - work flowers 6 in . above the mass of grassy leaves . It needs well - drained soil in a gay place . flora in the surrender if in . mysterious . I. uniflorais hardy to Zone 8 but may be grown further north if give protective covering in wintertime .
Ixia ( Iris family ) ( African maize lily ) These corms may be grown outdoors where the weather is favorable and make interesting nerveless greenhouse plant flower after the first spring spate . They are sold in mixed colour include deep carmine , clean with reddish or yellowed or purple center , orangish or chickenhearted sometimes bronze outside , on 2 foot . tall curve stems . The flowers shut down in dull weather but when open full make a wonderful display . Pot the rather small corm fairly close together and wrap up with at least 2 in . of land . mature well after bloom .
I.viridifiora , an arrest works , has blasphemous - fleeceable flowers , darker at the centre , in May — June . It need cool greenhouse discourse and proper ripening . It should be given bonemeal and protect from slug and low snail . Ixiolirion ( Amaryllis family)I. montanumis a slightly sore electric light deserving growing as a cut flower in a cool glasshouse in the Frederick North or outside in mild areas . The flowers , on 15 - 18 in . stems , are in shades of blue , sometimes with violet banding , and bloom in May or June , I. ledebouriibeing earlier than the darkerI. palasii . plant life in the fall in well - drain compost .
Lachenalia ( Lily menage ) ( Cape Primula veris ) . These coolheaded greenhouse bulbs flower in early spring in airy conditions . Plant 5 - 7 close together in 5 - in . pots in August — September , report with 4 — i in . of compost and cover with moist peatmoss in a plunge bed until growth starts . Then place the pots in a well - ventilated cool greenhouse .
L. abides nelsoniihas spikes of aureate - yellow flowers tinged with green ; other varieties have paler yellow flush and may have red markings . L. bulbifera(synL.pendula)has coral red or salmon tubelike flowers marked with purpleness and green .
Lachenalias often have agreeably dapple foliation . Their flower spike are long lasting if kept at 45 - 50 ° F ( 7—10 ° C ) , but if bring in indoors into 65 ° F ( 18 ° C ) or more , the plant life presently support . Ripen well after flowering by stand on a shelf under the ridgepole of the glasshouse , and reduce the water until the bulbs are dry out .
Leucojum ( Amaryllis family ) ( snowflake)L. aestivum , the summer snowflake , bloom from April to May . It has heads of blank , unripe - marked flowers on 11 - 2 ft . stems and dark green strap - shaped leaves , and its large bulbs increase speedily to make big clumps if implant in fair damp soil . industrial plant 5 in . thick .
L. vernumhas only one or two good sized flowers per 8 in . stem , but very fine burnished green leafage and blossom that are out in February — March .
L. autumnaleis less stout but often does well in a sunny , sheltered border . The blossom on 6 - 8 in . stems are very finespun looking , tinged with pink ( not green ) and usually descend before the leaves . plant life 3 in . mystifying .
Lilium ( Lily family ) ( lily ) lily are often sell carry in peatmoss or wood shaving to keep their moisture and protect them . They should be planted as soon as uncommitted , from September to January , except forL. candidumandL. testaceumwhich are usually moved ` green ’ , i.e. while still in leaf , after June — July flowering . Any lily can be displace successfully directly after flowering if tending is taken to keep the stain on the roots . As some flower in the crepuscule these may not be on sale until grease conditions outside are far from ideal . In this sheath potentiometer them like a shot and plant out later when conditions are correct .
With the exception ofL. candidumand other European lilies such asL. martagonwhich make root from the root word of the bulbs only , lilies should be planted with soil at least twice the depth of the medulla above it , thus a 2 in . deep bulb would need a hole 6 - 7 in . deep . This is because many lily make roots from the stem in the first few inches of grease , in addition to those below the bulb . Sites for such lilies must be locoweed free , for hoeing near them is disastrous . Many lilies turn risky in the fellowship of low - acquire shrubs , the root of which help to run out the grime , and others are detect on steep slope where moisture is flow under the surface for much of the twelvemonth , but all are on well - drain sites , and if necessary limited beds must be made with surplus peatmoss and sharp sand to hold back wet but allow destitute drain . bottom or even hummock of such soil which will grow the antecedent and bulbs above the winter water table may make all the difference between success and failure . Some lilies will tolerate basswood and others die if give it . Most lily wish to have their flowering stems in the sun , at least for part of the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , and grow well with a soil cover of low shrub , or even annuals to protect their roots .
Lily bulb should be examined to make certain there is no basal rot present , as this will cause the scale to fall by . Such bulbs should be cauterise . The bulbs can be dusted with a antifungal agent to preclude the spread of the fungous disease which causes death of leave and even of the whole shoot . Once the plants are growing they can be protected from this disease by spray with a systemic fungicide . Virus diseases are incurable , but their bedspread can be checked by spraying plant life with a systemic insecticide which kills aphids which spread computer virus disease . Some lily are comparatively broad of computer virus diseases , but acquire better without them , and others are kill by them . The easiest direction to get virus - barren stock is to raise the plants from come and keep them sprayed . This works for most species but garden crossbreed will not come honest to organise or color . However , if ‘ breed ’ of lilies are bought rather than named variety these will have been raised from cum , whereas the others will have been distribute from offsets , bulbils and by rooting scale of measurement leaf , and the risk of exposure of virus is greater with these .
Most lilies can be grow from seed , in factL. formosanumandL. philippinense , white horn , cool nursery lilies , can be had in flower within a class of sowing the seed . However , many take three or four eld andL.martagontakes six or seven to reach flowering size . L. regaleflowers after two or three eld .
In selecting lilies for garden only coinage with similar ethnic necessary to the garden hybrids have been chosen .
The garden hybrid are officially separate agree to their genteelness , but the chassis and position of the bloom are more pronto recognized in a garden and these are considered here .
Muscari(Lily family ( grape hyacinth)M.armeniacumis the sort most oftentimes offered for sales event . It pee niggling head of honey - scented mystifying risque flowers on 6 - 8 in . stems , with draw of narrow , grassy leave . Varieties are ‘ Heavenly Blue ’ , deep blue-blooded ; ` Cantab ’ , paler blue ; and a white form , though the white commonly sell isM. botryoides alba . M. armeniacummakes fine sheets of colour in April — May under deciduous shrubs and little trees and also looks well as an abut plant , but soon circularize . It will also naturalise in unretentive turf . M. botryoidesmakes a good rock garden works as it is not so trespassing ; its head of little bells are smaller and a paler blue .
M. comosumis not so often seen as its varietymonstrosum , the feathering or tassel hyacinth . This has curious head of sinister violet - blue threads on 12 – tz — I5 - in . staunch in May — June .
M.tubergenianumhas pale and dark blue blossom on the same head . It is best1wn on the rock ‘n’ roll garden where it will flower in March — April .
PlantM. armeniacum , M. botryoidesandM. tubergenianum3 in . mysterious and theothers4 in . late in any expert soil in a sunny position . They will all grow on limy stain . Splitclumpsas necessary after flowering .
Narcissus ( Amaryllis folk ) ( Narcissus pseudonarcissus ) In gardens the narcissi are best split into the large loanblend — for use naturalized in long grass , in beds for cutting and display , and in tidy sum alfresco and in — and the low species and their hybrids — for role in brusque turf , on rock garden , in pans in the alpine family or indoors . The official categorization is ground on flower color and anatomy , the relative length of the petal - corresponding central anchor ring or corona ( which may be a trump , cup or eye ) being of importance . The full term Narcissus pseudonarcissus is often throttle to the turgid cornet forms , the others being holler narcissi .
The bulbs of the modest species are tiny ; those of the garden cross are large and sold graded according to the number of ‘ noses ’ ( grow gunpoint ) . Plant single - nosed bulbs with a bulb plantation owner as there is no risk of them sticking half - room down the gob . The double and three-fold - nosed bulbs are ok for constitute in borders or in pots where a near show of flowers is want in the first year .
Grass set with Narcissus pseudonarcissus must not be cut until the foliation has yellow , nor should leaves be picked with flower , for the foliage build up the bulb with next year ’s flowers . If the grass is treated with normal lawn fertilizers there is no indigence to feed the bulbs ( other than with bonemeal at planting ) , but medulla oblongata in shortsighted turf must not have lawn fertilizer as this will further the growth of coarse grasses with which the low bulbs will be unable to compete .
Narcissus pseudonarcissus should be planted as presently as available , before hyacinths and tulips . Large medulla oblongata require holes 6 in . deep and little ones 3 - 4 in . Bulbs in pots can be placed shoulder to shoulder with the nose just under or just above the Earth’s surface . If intended for forcing they must be plunged in a nerveless moist place ( with the elision of the salmagundi Paper White ) until the root have developed well . Nerine ( Amaryllis family ) These are South African bulbs althoughN. sariensisis jazz as the Guernsey lily . They may be grown outside in warm areas of the country , but where winter are colder they must be considered a glasshouse flora . The adorable clear pinkish heyday look from September to November , and there is quite a variation in flower shade and time of florescence . The parting become flat off in late summertime , leaving a short period of time in July - August in which the enceinte bulbs can be moved . embed them at least 6 in . recondite ; they will gradually work their fashion upwards until the neck opening is above priming coat floor , when they must be well mulch in frosty space or put down lower again . They look well constitute out in a bed in a cool greenhouse . Keep them well fed with bonemeal when they are planted and with liquid fertilizer during growth .
N. sarniensisis not so tall , vigorous or hardy . There are several crossbreed in adorable shade of scarlet , Salmon River and wine-colored shades as well as pinks and whites when grow in a greenhouse . Plant them singly in 4 - in . pots with the neck of the lightbulb well out and never get the temperature lessen below 45 ° F ( 7 ° C ) . Water the soil well only when growing starts . After flowering continue run well until growth ceases . Dry them out and mature them near the glass . Divide them only when it is essential , as they all blossom best in crowded conditions .
Ornithogalum(Lily family ) The European 0.umbellatum , the Star of Bethlehem , makes a fine wild garden or sparse forest bulb . It does well in short , sandlike soil , and has flattish straits of light-green - clean , champion - shaped peak on 6 - 8 in . stems . 0.thyrsioidesis the chincherinchee , renowned for its longevity in water if picked in bud . It prime in June - July , form a long pointed point of white peak . It is not quite brave but can be treated like gladiolus ( planted in March and lifted in October ) , or will uprise for good in milder area of the country , planted 6 in . mystifying , or in a cool greenhouse .
0.arabicumis also suitable for pots in a cool greenhouse . It has dark - centered blank heyday in heads like 0.umbellatum . 0 . nutansproduces -ft . halt of translucent dark-green - white flowers in April and will do well in a umbrageous position .
Pancratium(Amaryllis phratry ) ( ocean lily ) These are more or less crank plant life with flowers borne on top of a longsighted root like amaryllis . They are usually bloodless with greenish markings , with recollective spidery petals from a tube and are often beautifully fragrant . They are suitable for plant in 5 - in . pots in a cool glasshouse and can be stood outside during the summertime in a sheltered place . Only in tropic domain of the area can they be produce outdoors .
P. illyricumflowers in May or June and may have up to a dozen blooms which open up in succession on 1 1/2 ft . stems .
The bulbs should be catch one’s breath during the wintertime when the leaves decease down , and kept cool but ice free and dry , but not os - teetotal , until the spring .
Puschkinia(Lily family)P. scilloides(syn . P. libanotica)produces 4 - 6 - in . stems of pale blue flowers with a dark-green stripe in March . There is also a white form . It makes a hunky-dory carpet planted 3 in . deep in the fall under deciduous shrubs or on a rock candy garden , especially in operose soil . It also create a good cooking pan flora .
Ranunculus(Ranunculus family ) The tubers ofR. asiaticus(sometimes sold asR.grandiflora)should be institute in holes 2 - 3 in . abstruse , claws downward , in jackpot or in clumps
in a sunny molding or in a particular bottom for flowers for cutting . They can only be grown outdoors in districts where winters are less severe . inebriate them for 24 hour before implant .
Plant cautiously any time from October inside to April outside . They need well - drained , rich ground and produce bombastic double blossom on stems 12 - 15 in . high-pitched , in tint of xanthous , orangish , pinkish and reddish . The normal time of year is May to June , but in a greenhouse they can be forced gently . They are normally sold mixed , but there are several strains take issue in size , doubleness and elevation of bloom and know as paeony - flowered , French , Persian and Turban .
For cutting special beds are made with coarse rubble placed under about i ft . of compost take coarse grit and also well - rotted manure , banked up like an asparagus bed . This ensures the necessary quick drainage and high level of feeding . They must not be allow to dry out until the leave die down after flowering . During August the genus Tuber should be lifted and stored , preferably hung in paper ( not polythene ) bags in a frost - proof airy topographic point until needed .
Scilla(Lily family ) ( squills ) The most readily procurable areS. bifolia , S. sibirica , S. tubergenianaandS. peruviana . The first three are spring flowering andS. bifoliaandS. tubergenianaare deserving planting in pans of quick - run out compost in a cold frame or alpine house for unfolding in March and April severally . S. sibiricadoes well in gay mete or in short greensward , and makes a good show indoors planted in bulb fiber . On 6 - 8 - in . stems it bears deep bright blue flowers ; there is also a white conformation . The flowers ofS. bifoliaare greenish blue blue or pinkish or ashen . S. tubergenianais almost whitened , but has a thick blue stripe down the centre . S. peruviana8 — to in . , has deep blue , lilac or white bloom massed in a 5 - 6 in . head , in May and June . It ask a warm border . supply ship eccentric can only be produce in the clear in area of the land that revel mild winters .
Sinningia(Gesneria crime syndicate ) ( gloxinia ) These warm greenhouse plant have velvety leave and brightly colour purpleness , red , violet etc . flowers often with white throats to their trumpets , grow freely for many calendar week . Tubers are planted , hollow wide up , singly in a compost consist of equal parts loam and peatmoss , plus some well - decay manure and acute sand in 5 - in . pots and cover with about t in . of soil , or they are entreat into boxes of moist peatmoss and sand until they have produced both shoots and roots . This is utilitarian for checking shoot damage in new buy tubers . These tubers will• flower in summer and fall the same year . The season can be extended by sowing seeds in June to blossom too soon the following summer , or in January — February for later bloom the same year . Feed on a regular basis . They ask plenty of moisture throughout the twelvemonth , but can be moved to slightly cool conditions while really in flower . Dry bit by bit and store at 50 - 55 ° F ( 10 - 13 ° C ) in the commode .
Smithiana ( Gesneria fellowship ) Once do it as Gesneria or Naegelia , these require tender nursery intervention and are good grown from Tuber planted one by one in 5 - in . pots in March in a well - drained compost . The flowers are in endearing shade of yellow , orange , apricot and red , put off by cryptic green velvety leave which damp off if heat and ventilation system are inadequate . From March to August the temperature should be 6o-7o ° F ( 16 - 21 ° C),and once the tubers have started mature well plentiful water must be applied to the soil , not the foliage . The plants reach 11 - 2 ft . and flower between July and November . During September and October the heat can be lowered slow by about oxygen ° ° F ( 6 ° C ) and once anthesis has cease they should be rested gradually and be stored in their muckle , dry , at a temperature of 55 ° F ( 13 ° nose candy ) during the wintertime .
peculiarly good plants are best increased by newspaper clipping taken in other summer and root in a propagator .
Sparaxis(Iris family ) ( baton flower ) These often have two or more colors per blush in a wide range , include , white with yellow oculus , bronze red with darker eye or with yellow eye , and purplish pink shadiness . They are well institute in March in a warm border where winters are less severe or farm in sess in a cool star sign , when they may be planted in the fall . The flowers come out in April to belated May according to handling . Feed and ripen well , but when cleaning off the dead foliation do notpullit out in fistful , but turn out it shortsighted as the lower lymph node will be get to curb small cormels which if left are the mean of rapid increment . Many of the more brilliant colors are the final result of crossing sparaxis species with the relatedStreptanthera . Sprekelia(Amaryllis phratry ) ( Jacobean lily)S. formosissimais an interesting flower , very irregular in form , looking like a 5 - in . wide-eyed thick red orchid . The flowers are usually produced on an individual basis , occasionally in pair . works are often arise in pots in cool greenhouses or in a soma , when they may flower as ahead of time as May , but in well - drained , cheery , lovesome site in areas where the winters are warmer . flower in June . The expectant bulbs should be covered with their own deepness of soil outdoors . Feed well and ripen exhaustively . Pot or plant when the leafage become flat down .
Sternbergia(Amaryllis family)S. lutea , chickenhearted star - blossom , create brilliant favorable - yellow crocus - like flowers about 22 in . high from tardy August . If the weather is bad at flower metre protect with a pane of glass , which will also assist ripening in a wet fall . The bulbs are intimately found in cheery billet in July and should have 4 in . of dirt above them . In short greensward they should be planted with a bulb plantation owner , not by lifting the turves .
Tigridia(Iris family ) ( tiger flower)T.pavonia , a half - stout Mexican bulb - form corm raise unusually brilliant flowers with the inner petals and pipe bowl of the flower generally spot Red River and making a Panthera tigris - face . The three petals which spread out flat are red , cherry red crimson , orange , buff or white ; corms are usually deal as a mixture . The flowers last one day only but there are up to six on each 15 - 18 in . stem and they open in succession from June onwards . If treated like gladioli , planted 4 - 5 in . deep in bounce when the danger of frost has passed and lifted before frosts , they normally flower in July . Where winters are less severe they can be left out if given a protective mulch . They take plenty of water and liquid provender during summer and then form good clumps .
Tritonia ( Iris family line ) Tritonias are South African corm , and one only , T. crocatais freely uncommitted . The flowers are usually very brilliantly colourise , orange , a pale coppery tad , yellowed or white . They flower in late spring or former summer in a lovesome , frost - free border in areas where the winter are mild , or in pots in a cool glasshouse . They make good , long - live on cut heyday . In pots treat them as freesia , planting them 7 - 9 in a 5 - in . batch in a arenaceous compost , and provide light musical accompaniment . After mature keep them in the same size pot but replace some of the soil yearly in the downslope until the grass is full of corm .
Tulipa(Lily family ) ( tulip ) Tulips have been favourite leap bedding and can plants in Europe since the mid-16th 100 . The flowers are in all colors except true blues , usually solitary , but also 3 - 4 per stem , the garden loanblend ranging in height from 4 - 34 in . Good light bulb can be vouch to give a fine , even display the first season , but except in warm office on sandy loam rarely produce so many or such large blooms in later years , though feeding with bonemeal and proper ripening do avail , and by this treatment the belittled mintage may become demonstrate on cheery ledge of the rock garden . The bulbs should be planted from 4 - 6 in . deep according to their size , but should not be put in before October for the April flowering sort and November for the May flowering one .
If used for spring bedding , either alone or coming through a shorter ground cover of forget - me - nots , wallflowers or pansies , the bulbs will have to be lifted and allowed to finish their maturation in trenches in a cheery position , unless discarded . Tulips in less conspicuous places should be allowed to die down before being lift and grade in trays in a sunny place ( inhuman glasshouse , frame or window ) to complete their ripening . Only the large bulbs should be plant for display the following year , but pocket-sized ones can be produce on to flowering size in a sunny frame . They take up to seven years to flower from cum .
Some varieties can be forced , but it is very important to get the bulbs in a dip bed until outgrowth is well up ( 4 - 6 in . ) and then to bring them bit by bit into light and moderate warmness . They do not respond well to high temperatures and must be forced tardily . Vallota ( Amaryllis kinfolk ) ( Scarborough lily)V. speciosais a South African bulb for the coolheaded or average glasshouse . Bulbs can be planted singly in 3 1/2 - in . pot from May to July . Each class they should be move into a large pot without disturb the clump . When they get grossly overcrowded and modest electric light are being squeeze up free from the volume it is time to divide and go afresh . Good ground should put back as much as possible of the sure-enough at each move and liquid alimentation is essential to keep up the supplying of flowering size bulbs .
The 3 - in . trumpet - mold blossom are rather like the small hippeastrums , but with more flowers in each mind , on 1 - 1 1 - 1 1/2 - ft . fore , and are normally a brilliant scarlet , though both pinkish and cherry - red soma are available . They flower in late summer .
Vallotas can be grown successfully in a cheery window in a productive well - drained compost . H2O carefully during the winter and remove from icing peril at night . Bulbs may also be plant out of doors in areas where piddling icing occurs .
Veltheimia ( Lily family)V. capensis(syn . V. viridifolia)flowers in early spring in a cool or intermediate home . The flowers form a reddened - hot salamander case of spike but are straight sided , dull pinkish bells at the top of a specked fleshy 15 - 18 - in . base . They are the sort of unusual blossom color for off - metre flower arrangements , and last well in water . The bulbs are turgid and can be lifted dry when sleeping in the summer . They should be planted in September in compost and be kept turn throughout the winter , which think undecomposed visible light and an adequate temperature . The dry up ends of the leaf bases which mould the bulb should be keep cleared of the soil and charge should be take to water the soil and not into the neck of the lightbulb . Zephyranthes ( Amaryllis family ) ( bloom of the western wind ) These are bulbs from warm region in Central and South America , so only a few can be tried outdoors in the mildest •parts , though they make good pot works in a cool house .
Z. candida , with individual clean flowers like crocuses and rush - alike leaf , is the hardy and the most readily available . It flowers in September - October and earn a safe edging industrial plant . Also occasionally available areZ.citrina , a bright xanthous with a green root word , which is not quite so with child ; andZ. grandiflora , fortunate pink and slightly gravid in flush . Both are too cranky for anything but a cool greenhouse or areas that enjoy mild winters .
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