ALBUCA canadensis............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Despite the name its from South Africa not Canada, oops Linnaeus, 20 to 40cm, edible bulbs, flowers greenish yellow and rather showy in early spring.

 

Albuca shawii ......................... Price 1@ $6.50

A rare and lovely bulbous thing from the Drakensburg, with succulean leaves that exude a sweet scent when stroked, (I know it seems kinky) and bright yellow flowers with green stripes and an almond scent.

 

Allium beesianum ............... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Deep blue, nodding umbels of bell-shaped flowers, very desirable, this Chinese species is one of the finest rock garden alliums.

 

Allium CYATOPHORUM faRRERI PRICE 1@ $5.50

1', reddish purple florets, named for the master. A deservedly popular species. 

 

ALLIUM KANSUENSE .............. PRICE 1@ $5.50

A choice little Allium from Josef Siegel in the Czech Republic, probably conspecific with sikkimense var kansuense, we kept them separate; they represent new genetic material.

 

Allium maximowiczii alba PRICE 1@ $5.50

18"; dense umbels of white flowers in late summer, endemic to alpine meadows on Honshu.

 

allium narcissiflorum .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Also known as Allium Grandiflorum with umbels of large pinkish purple flowers on 15-35cm stems, these are from German seed but the plant ranges from Portugal to northern Italy.

 

Allium SIKKIMENSE var SIKKIMENSE PRICE 1@ $5.50

10" nodding umbels of large blue flowers allied to beesianum, a choice; seldom-available rock garden plant.

 

Allium thunbergii alba . PRICE 1@ $5.50

Lovely snow white flowers is fall, Hammer brought us these and as near as we can tell they are indeed thunbergii, however the plants are twice the size of 'Ozawa'.

 

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' PRICE 1@ $5.50

The last to bloom, ours are still in flower (its December) showy pink heads on 6" stems atop grassy tufts of delicate foliage, an outstanding plant.

 

Alophia drummondii .......... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Native to the southern u.s. and southward it can form large patches on prairie sites, very showy and well worth growing in warmer areas of the country, a bulb house plant in the north.

 

Alophia (herbertia) lahue PRICE 1@ $5.50

Lavender blue Iris-like flowers with a darker splotch at the base, considered the best of the genus; from Chile and Argentina to Texas also known under Eustylis, Trifurcia or Herbertia.

 

Alophia lahue BCW 4407 PRICE 1@ $5.50

As above but from a wild collection.

 

Ammocharis coranica ... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A rare South African member of the Amaryllidacaea with umbels of fragrant pinkish flowers atop 35 cm scapes, these are seed raised from H&H stock.

 

Amaryllis 'RILANA' ............... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Propagated by a former employee, Flowers are huge and red. We've got a bunch of them and I can't bring myself to dump them so we might as well sell a few.

 

Amorphophalus RIVIERI KOJAC medium 1@ $19.00,  small 1@ $8.00

A huge aroid, leaf stems as big as your arm with intricate snakelike markings topped with tropical looking foliage, huge purplish flowers with the wonderful aroma of rotting meat, hardy here only with extreme protection, its best to dig the bulbs. We offer two bulb sizes.

 

ANOMATHECA laxa (cruenta) (Lapeirousia LAXA) PRICE 1@ $4.50

Like a tiny 6" tall Gladiolus like plant (it has also been placed in freesia at one time) with showy red or occasionally white flowers, its proven hardy here and will naturalize. It is even cute enough for a trough.

 

Anomatheca cruenta alba PRICE 1@ $4.50

White flowered form of the above.

 

Anomatheca grandiflora PRICE 1@ $4.50

Tall to 50cm with large red flowers, it’s much more tender than laxa.

 

ANOMATHECA laxa Joan EVANS PRICE 1@ $4.50

A selected named form of the species flowers are white with a red basal blotch.

 

ANTHERICUM BOETICUM ..... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Very similar to liliago, the smallest of the European species reaching only 15cm, flowers white with a maroon stripe; Spain and Portugal.

 

ANTHERICUM liliago ........... PRICE 1@ $8.00

St. Bernard's Lily, (not really a dog), grassy leaves, many 2" starry white flowers on 18" stems, very attractive when used in mass plantings.

 

ANTHERICUM liliago algiriensis PRICE 1@ $8.00

Truly obscure in cultivation one would guess it is from Algeria, but then again Scilla peruviana is not from Peru and Albuca canadensis is from South Africa.

 

ANTHERICUM RAMOSUM ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Tufts of grassy leaves festooned with branching stems of starry white flowers.

 

Anthericum undulatum PRICE 1@ $8.00

Rosettes of long undulate margined leaves and starry white flowers held well above the foliage

 

ASPHODELINE LIBURNICA .. PRICE 1@ $8.00

4' scapes of green striped yellow flowers in branched inflorescences, it prefers a dry sunny site and becomes stately with age.

 

ASPHODELINE LUTEA ............ PRICE 1@ $8.00

kings spear, lily family; dense 3’ racemes of fragrant yellow flowers in May.

 

Asphodeline taurica ..... PRICE 1@ $12.00

Flowers white with a pink midvein on 2' stems, April to June, Greece & Caucuses.

 

ASPHODELUS AESTIVAS (MICROCARPUS)     PRICE 1@ $8.00

Probably the showiest sp., spikes of white flowers with a central vein 4cm across.

 

Asphodelus albus ............. PRICE 1@ $8.00

Tuberous Mediterranean species, rosette of slender leaves; 3' spikes of white flowers.

 

ASPHODELUS RAMOSUS ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Rosettes of grass-like foliage, evergreen in mild areas; 4' spikes of white flowers.

 

Bellevalia dubia ................. PRICE 1@ $8.00

Flowers are Muscari-like, blue-violet in bud becoming greenish, Portugal to Turkey. 

 

Bellevalia sp. ........................ PRICE 1@ $5.50

A grape hyasinth like mystery bulb, with clusters of blue flowers on short stems, this one is in need of a name.

 

Brimurea amethystinus PRICE 1@ $6.50

A Hyacinth from the Pyrenees with paired bracts at the base of each flower stalk.

 

Brimurea amethystinus alba PRICE 1@ $5.50

A white version of the above.

 

Brodiaea californica Wayne Rodrick   PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the showiest species with umbels of a dozen or so bluish purple flowers atop 70cm scapes, these are from a Wayne Rodrick collection.

 

Calydorea nuda ................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Is your garden laking in nudes? Perhaps we can help. There are about a dozen species ranging from the Southern Us to Chile, most with six petaled blue-violet flowers that are quite showy, the nude one must be shy because it is hiding (I understand somewhere in Uruguay) from the writers of bulb books.

 

Chlorogalum pomeridium v minus PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ratko’s collections of a dwarf form of this seldom encountered bulb branched inflorescences bear numerous 1 ˝” starry white flowers above grassy tufts of foliage, these are restricted to serpentine in the wild and will tolerate some shade.

 

Colchicum corsicum ........ PRICE 1@ $8.00

A dwarf late summer blooming Corsican endemic, it is similar to the more common European Colchicum alpinum, but with shorter broader leaves.

 

Colchicum pusillum ....... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A dwarf species from rocky hillsides in Greece and Cyprus with 1-6 white to pale rosy lilac flowers in autumn.

 

Colchicum speciosum ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A showy easy plant, we raised these from seeds, typical rose purple flowers in autumn.

 

Crinum x powlii var Album PRICE 1@ $19.00

One of the hardiest crinums, a hybrid between Crinum bulbispermum x Crinum moorei, 1.5m scapes bear umbels of fragrant white Amaryllis flowers.

 

Cooperia herbertiana .... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Yet another of those confusing bulbs, as if there weren't enough already, I believe this is now lumped into Zephyranthes.

 

CROCUS CORSICUS ................. PRICE 1@ $5.50

Spring flowering Corsican endemic, flowers lilac striped purple on the exterior with prominent scarlet style branches.

 

Crocus flavus flavus .... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Widespread from the Balkans to Turkey, this naturalizes well in the garden, yellow flowered obviously, fragrant flowers in spring.

 

Crocus fleischeri .............. PRICE 1@ $8.00

A tiny plant with yellow-throated white flowers native to Turkey and Rhodes, it can self-sow where happy.

 

Crocus goulimyi ex Archibald PRICE 1@ $8.00

A tall (13-18cm) autumn flowering species, from the limestone regions of Greece; the delicately shaded lavender flowers have a white throat and a long perianth tube.

 

Crocus HADRIATICUS .......... PRICE 1@ $4.50

Flower is white with a yellow throat and orange-scarlet style, native to Greece and flowering in autumn.

 

Crocus heufflianus ............. see vernus

 

CROCus kotschyanus ...... PRICE 1@ $4.50

Turkey and nearby, veined lilac flowers, late summer to autumn blooming.

 

Crocus kotschyanus KOTSCHYANUS PRICE 1@ $4.50

This is the easiest of the several subspecies, Turkish origins.

 

Crocus kotschyanus var leucopharynx      PRICE 1@ $5.50

Fall flowering, bluish lavender flowers with blue veins and a white central zone, no yellow markings.

 

Crocus LAEVIGATUS ........... PRICE 1@ $4.50

Greece and Crete, autumn flowers of lilac to white, externally buff sometimes striped with darker shades.

 

Crocus nevadensis ex Archibald PRICE 1@ $8.00

A winter flowering species from Spain and Morocco, fragrant flowers are creamy white occasionally lilac, usually with darker veins; probably best in an alpine house.

 

CROCUS NUDIFLORUS ........... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Fall flowering the tall to 27cm, long tubed dark purple flowers are produced well before the leaves, its a stoloniferus species native to Spain and southwestern France in moist meadows, easily established due to its stoloniferus habit.

 

CROCus PULCHELLUS zephyr PRICE 1@ $5.50

Easy, and one of the most attractive of the autumn flowering species; veined blue flowers with a orange yellow throat; Yugoslavia to Turkey.

 

Crocus serotinus .............. PRICE 1@ $5.50

Fall flowering Spanish species, pale to deep lilac flowers.

 

Crocus serotinus serotinus PRICE 1@ $5.50

This subspecies from Portugal is rare in cultivation, easy in a frame.

 

CROCUS SIEBERI EX VIOLET QUEEN PRICE 1@ $4.50

A spring blooming species from the Balkans and Greece, yellow-throated bluish-mauve flowers with darker petal tips, an easy, and rewarding Crocus, producing an almost tricolor effect.

 

Crocus speciosus .............. PRICE 1@ $4.50

Fall flowering and a rapid colonizer via cormlets, flowers lilac with purple veining or freckling outside and a creamy white throat, appearing well before the leaves, native from Turkey through the U.S.S.R.

 

CROCus TOMMASINIANUS .. PRICE 1@ $4.50

Increases abundantly to the point of becoming a nuisance, lilac flowers with a white throat, brings joy to bees and gardeners alike in early spring.

 

Crocus tommasinianus Whitewall Purple PRICE 1@ $4.50

An old cultivated clone it remains one of the best, purple mauve exterior, silvery mauve within.

 

Crocus tournifortii ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Very showy and choice autumn flowering species from the Aegean Islands, large broad petaled deep pinkish lavender flowers and prominent much branched orange styles, flowers have an interesting characteristic of remaining open in dull light.

 

CROCUS VERNUS ALBIFLORUS PRICE 1@ $4.50

Seed grown from white parents, hopefully they will all be white.

 

Crocus vernus VERNUS .. PRICE 1@ $4.50

The prototype spring crocus, this subspecies occurs from Italy eastwards (they have now lumped heufflianus here as well), purple flowered; its the parent of most of the Dutch hybrids.

 

Crocus vernus heuffleanus PRICE 1@ $4.50

Minor variations on a theme see the above.