Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Height |
Plant Characteristics and Notes |
USDA Zones |
Growing Requirements Benefits |
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Flowering Onion |
Allium species |
1-6 ft. |
Flowering Onions are bulb type plants with green, grass-like foliage. They produce hollow, leafless stems that are topped with 1"-5" flower clusters that can contain as many as 100 tiny, star shaped flowers. |
vary |
![This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day](/graphic2/sun.gif) ![This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day](/graphic2/partshade.gif) ![This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering](/graphic2/medwater.gif) ![This plant needs a thorough, deep weekly watering, Double icons require boggy or wet conditions This plant needs a thorough, deep weekly watering, Double icons require boggy or wet conditions](/graphic2/highwater.gif)
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Crocus |
Crocus |
3-6" |
Crocus need four weeks of winter's chilling (below 50°) in order to bloom in the spring. Crocus bulbs can be forced into bloom at any time of the year |
Hardy |
![This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day](/graphic2/sun.gif) ![This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day](/graphic2/partshade.gif) ![This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering](/graphic2/medwater.gif)
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Cyclamen |
Cyclamen persicum |
2-5" |
The most important criteria for success with growing a Cyclamen are cool temperatures, fresh air, and ample moisture. |
6-7 |
![This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day](/graphic2/sun.gif) ![This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day This plant requires or will tolerate shade during the heat of the day](/graphic2/partshade.gif) ![This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering](/graphic2/medwater.gif) ![This plant needs a thorough, deep weekly watering, Double icons require boggy or wet conditions This plant needs a thorough, deep weekly watering, Double icons require boggy or wet conditions](/graphic2/highwater.gif)
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Daffodil |
Narcissus |
6-15" |
Daffodil bulbs need four to five weeks of winter's chilling (below 50°) in order to bloom in the spring. Daffodil bulbs can be forced into bloom at any time of the year |
Hardy |
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Dutch Iris |
Iris reticulata |
6-10" |
Dutch Iris should be grown in rich, well draining soil with 5-8 hours of sun each day. Dutch Iris bulbs can be forced into bloom at any time of the year with no chilling, should be fed every 2 weeks |
3-10 |
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Fairy Lily | Zephyranthes |
5-8" |
The Fairy Lily is sometimes called a 'rain lily' because of its tendency in the wild to bloom after a rainfall. Fairy Lilies do very well growing in a planter in a sunny window, as long as it's kept semi cool. |
8-11 |
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Freesia |
Freesia x hybrida |
12-18" |
Freesias are tender, brightly flowered, easy to care for bulbs that can be grown in the garden, in planters, or as a house plant in a sunny, cool room.
Their fragrant, 2" flowers open over a long blooming period, in sequence along arching, wirey stems. |
9-10 |
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Glory of the Snow |
Chionodoxa luciliae |
4-6" |
Narrow green leaves; stalk of 10-12 loose, star shaped, bright
blue flowers with white centers in early Spring |
4-9 |
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Grape Hyacinth |
Muscari |
5-8" |
Grape Hyacinths are small, long lived bulbs that look their best when planted in masses. They need twelve weeks of winter's chilling (below 50°) in order to bloom in the spring. Grape Hyacinth can be forced into bloom at any time of the year |
3-9 |
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Lily of the Field |
Sternbergia lutea |
4" |
Winter Daffodil is neither a daffodil nor a crocus, however, it is in the amaryllis family.Plant in well-draining gravelly soil |
9-10 |
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Orange Star Plant |
Ornithogalum dubium |
12-18" |
The Orange Star Plant is a bulb type plant that produces upright clusters of fragrant 1-2" flowers in early summer. Can be grown in containers or as a House Plant |
9-10 |
![This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day This plant grows best with full sun for most of the day](/graphic2/sun.gif) ![Once established this plant requires little or no supplemental watering Once established this plant requires little or no supplemental watering](/graphic2/lowwater.gif) ![This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering This plant will tolerate some drought, but benefits from periodic watering](/graphic2/medwater.gif)
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Snowdrop |
Galanthus |
4-12" |
Snowdrops are small winter flowering bulbs with stems of nodding white, petal-less flowers |
Hardy |
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Star of Bethlehem |
Ornithogalum arabicum |
12-18" |
The Star of Bethlehem is a bulb type plant that produces upright clusters of fragrant 1-2" flowers in early summer. Can be grown in containers or as a House Plant |
7-10 |
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Tritonia |
Tritonia |
12-18" |
Tritonias are corm growing plants from South Africa that produce pretty little six petaled flowers in late spring. They dislike wet environments. |
Hardy |
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