Hardy Cyclamen

By |2023-01-28T16:02:40-08:00October 18th, 2019|Bulbs, Shade Gardening|

Cyclamen is a genus of plants known best for the florist cultivars of large, boldy-coloured flowers and dramatic mottled foliage grown as decorative, seasonal or short-lived pot plants. Many people remain unaware that there are species that are hardy in temperate gardens or that they are in leaf and in bloom in the fall, winter, and early spring!

Oddball Bulbs: Explore the Beautiful and Unusual World of Bulbs

By |2023-01-28T16:01:29-08:00October 18th, 2019|Bulbs|

Bulbs, corms, and rhizomes represent a particular life history strategy that has evolved in almost every region of the world. Applied to gardens, they offer us beauty, intrigue, and additional strategies for layering in interest and colour. Explore some of the most interesting oddball bulbs for your patio or garden.

Fabulous Foxtail Lilies

By |2023-01-28T16:05:51-08:00August 30th, 2019|Bulbs|

Few bulbs can create the kind of drama that foxtail lilies offer with their rockets of lily-like flowers reaching three, four, five, six, even eight feet high, depending on the species and cultivar you choose. Learn more about the amazing Eremurus!

Camas Lilies

By |2023-01-28T16:11:59-08:00August 28th, 2019|Bulbs, Edible Gardening|

Camassia or camas lilies are western North American native bulbs that occur from southern British Columbia to California and inland into the western mountains. They form spikes typically one to three feet tall of starry, lily-like flowers in white and various shades of blue. Learn more about these native beauties.

Luscious Lilies

By |2023-01-28T16:06:57-08:00August 21st, 2019|Bulbs|

Lilies offer beauty and fragrance and a succession of blooms from spring until late summer. They can also be inserted into small spaces between other plants to add a whole extra layer of colour into the garden.

Beautiful, Dependable Daffodils

By |2023-01-28T16:07:16-08:00August 16th, 2019|Bulbs|

Next to tulips, daffodils are probably the second most beloved of the spring bulbs, the proverbial runner up in spring's popularity contest. They don't have the broad colour range of the tulips but they are beautiful and dependable coming back year after year with ever expanding clumps. Explore the surprising diversity of the humble daffodil.

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