Friday, February 6, 2009

Bulbs for Year Round Color

Here is a list of bulbs to select so that you have blooms throughout the year-
Yolanda Vanveen, vanveenbulbs.com


Winter Bulbs for Indoor Forcing-Grow these bulbs inside for color in winter-
Always plant bulbs outside again after forcing to enjoy outside for years to come:
Allium Ostrowksianum-Pink, Allium Moly-Yellow, Allium Purple Sensation,
Chionodoxa, Crocus, Daffodils- Short varieties are best: Daffodil Jetfire, Minnow,
Thalia, Sir Winston
Paperwhites
Eucomis-Pineapple Lilies Pink and White
Grape Hyacinth
Hyacinth
Iris Reticulata-Short
Leucojum Snowflakes
Puschkinia
Scilla Peruviana, Scilla Siberica

Early Spring (February/March) Outside Blooms
Chionodoxa, Crocus, Daffodils, Grape Hyacinth-Muscari
Hyacinth, Iris Reticulata-short iris, Leucojum Snowflakes,
Scilla Siberica, Puschkinia,

Late Spring (April/May) Tulips, Alliums, Dutch Iris, Siberian Iris, Japanese Iris
Lily of the Valley,

Early Summer (June) Giant White Calla, Green Goddess Calla, Peonies
Asiatic Lilies, Ornithogalum, Scilla Peruviana-Cuban Lily

Summer July/August
Acidanthera, Agapanthus, Astilbe,Brodiaea,
Calla Zantedeschia-Colored Calla Lilies
Cannas, Crocosmia, Eremurus, Kniphofia
Oriental Lilies-Stargazers, Casa Blanca, Begonias
Colocasia, Gladiolus, Gloriosa, Haemanthus, Ismene, Liatris
Tigridia, Tritonia

Autumn September/October
Amaryllis Belladonna, Lycoris, Nerine Lily,
Eucomis Pineapple Lilies, Cannas, Tricyrtis Toad Lilies, Aconitum
Begonias, Crocosmia, Galtonia, Colocasia, Cyclamen Neopolitanum

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