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Garden Bulbs
Quality Specialist Flower Bulbs
Nearly all varieties of the herbaceous perennials commonly grown from bulbs , tubers or rhizomes need well drained soil, if they are to remain in the ground over winter.
Planting / care instructions are supplied with your bulbs , but here are a few tips to help you decide which varieties might suit your circumstances.
Amarcrinum : Otherwise known as Cinchona Corsii. Hardy. Require a warm, sunny location, and well-drained soil
that stays dry in winter. Benefits from a light mulch in winter
Anemone : Robinsoniana is a variety of Wood Anemone, such as Nemorosa, and so is perfect for shady locations,
under trees or shrubs.
Cyclamen : Frost hardy. Excellent for naturalising in shady / woodland locations.
Dracunculus : Sometimes called the Dragon Arum. Exotic looking plant that requires well - drained soil that dries out in
summer. Flowers are unusual, very dark spathes, with long, prominent spadices. Be warned, the
flowers smell horrible.
Eremurus : Otherwise known as the Foxtail Lily. Frost to fully hardy. Requires a warm, sunny spot, sheltered from the
wind. These huge plants produce a spectacular border.
Fritillaria : or Fritillary. Fully to frost hardy. Prefers light shade. Ideal for rockeries.
Lachenalia : Half hardy. A cool, bright location.
Muscari : Fully to half hardy. Prefers full sun. Excellent in rockeries, containers and borders.
Ornithogallum: Hardy and robust, this variety needs sun or partial shade.
Oxalis : Fully hardy. Full sun or partial shade. Ideal for rockeries, pots or window boxes.
Scilla : Fully to half hardy.
