Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Chris Wiesinger, Notes from Wood County Master Gardeners Class on Southern Bulbs

Spring bloomers
Twin Sisters, Narcissus x medioluteus, $10.00/5, plt 9/1-11/25, blm late-April, 1/2 day sun
Byzantine Gladiolus , Gladiolus byzanthus, $12.00/1 - magenta, plt 9/1-11/25, blm mid-April, 1/2 day winter sun, stalks don't need support
Johnson's Amaryllis, bloom April

Fall bloomers

Oxblood Lily Rhodophiala bifida, $9.00/1, plt 9/1-11/15, blm 9/15 +/- two weeks, PS-FS
Red Spider Lily $9.00 / 2 - surprise lily, idea-plant at base of tree with day lilys
Squamigera or "Naked Lady" (like a spider lily)
Aurea - Gold
Sternbergia Lutea or "Autumn Daffodil" yellow, Bible Lily of the Valley

Winter bloomers

Paperwhites bloom January
Italicus bloom January
Grand Primo,, Narcissus tazetta Grand Primo, $4.99/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Feb-Mar, PS
Lent Lily, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, $10.00/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Camparnelle, Narcissus x odorus, $10.00/5, plt 9/1-11/25, blm mid-Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla, $10.00/7, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar. 1/2 day winter sun
Texas Star, Narcissus x intermedius, $10.00/5, plt 9-1/11-15, blm Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Golden Dawn, Narcissus tazetta Golden Dawn, $4.99/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar, FS (winter)
Snowflake, leucojum aestivum, $4.99/3, plant 9/1-11/25, bloom Feb, PS-FS

Summer bloomers

Crocosmia
Pink Rain Lily - Zephyranthes labufarosea, $10.00/3, plt-any, blms 4-6 times May to Fall, PS
Zephyrantines candida - bog conditions
Prairie Sunset

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