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BULBS IN THE GARDEN
Bulbs fill many
niches in the garden. They can be low cost for your pocket book and a low
maintenance, plant-and-forget color provider.
With an occasional
division and reset, bulbs multiply over time increasing an initial investment
many times over. Bulbs are not heavy feeders, usually in spring when foliage
first emerges, then after bloom, helping provide the food needed for next year’s
spring show.
Summer bulbs
require steady fertilizer through out the growing season, and don’t be too
anxious to set out those summer selections. Most are tropical in origin and
require a warm soil temperature, cold moist soils cause these bulbs to rot if
planted too early.
Most bulbs are
long enduring either in-ground with mulch, or easily dug and stored over winter.
Make sure selections purchased will thrive in Southern heat and humidity.
Ask supplier for their experience with bulbs sold in Zones 7 & 8.
Add
fragrance in the garden with selected spring and summer bulbs. Whether color of
bloom or foliage, texture from course to fine, and fragrance of spicy to sweet,
bulbs fill all these garden expanding aspects with low input of dollars and
energy.
BULBS FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARDENS
Spring Bloom
Anemone blanda
Camassia leichtlinii
Crocus
C. tommasinianus ‘Ruby Giant’
C x luteus
‘Mammoth Yellow'
C. vernus 'Jeanne
d'Arc'
Hyacinthoides hispanica
Ipheion
uniflorum
‘Wisley Blue’, ‘Rolf Fiedler’
Leucojum
aestivum
‘Gravetye Giant’
Muscari neglectum
Narcissus/Daffodil
'Avalanche’,
‘Baby Moon’, 'Campernelle’, ‘Carlton’, Erlicheer’, ‘February Gold’,
‘Ice Follies’, ‘Jack Snipe’,‘Jetfire’,‘Golden Sceptre’,
‘Grand Primo’, ‘Hawera’,
‘Peeping Tom’, ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’, ‘Tete-aTeta’,
‘Thalia’
Hybrid tulips are treated as an annual in the SE. Small species tulips can be perennialized in the garden and will
seed about.
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BULBS FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARDENS
Summer Bloom
Alocasia 'Freydek’
Caladium :
White Selections: ‘Aaron’,‘Candidum’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘White Queen’
Pink Selections: ‘Carolyn Whorton’, ‘Fanny Munson’, ‘Florida Elise’,
‘FloridaSweetheart’, ‘Kathleen’, ‘Rosebud’
Red Selections:
‘Red Flash’, ‘Florida Cardinal’, ‘Florida Red Ruffles’,
‘Frieda Hemple’, ‘Postman Joyner’
White
Background, Red to Pink Veins and/or Spots: ‘Florida Sunrise’, ‘Gingerland’, ‘Marie Moir’, ‘Miss Muffet’
Canna
Too many to list. All do well in ground or pot culture.
Colocasia
‘Black Magic’-Purple Leaf
‘Illustris’-Light Veins on Dark Leaf
‘Tea Cup’-Upright Leaf Holds Water
Crocosmia
‘Emberglow’; ‘Lucifer’-Red
‘Emily McKenzie’-Orange
‘George Davison’; ‘John Boots’-Yellow
Hedychium Fragrant
‘White Butterflies’-White
‘Elizabeth’-Pink
‘Pink V’-Cream with Rose Center
Lilium oriental Fragrant
‘Casa Blanca’- White
‘Star Gazer’, ‘Mona Lisa’ - Pink
‘Tom Pouce’ - Pink Edge, Yellow Central Stripe
‘Black Beauty’ - Raspberry Recurved Petals
Lycoris
L. chinensis - Yellow
L. radiata - Red
Oxalis
O. regnellii - Green Leaf
O. regnellii var triangularis - Burgundy Leaf
Xanthosoma
‘Lime
Zinger’
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