Old House Gardens Heirloom Flower Bulbs

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Our customers know a good thing when they grow it, and they vote with their dollars every year. Here are their favorites from fall 2006 and spring 2007, based on both numbers sold and dollar value.

Queen of the North, 1908

Black Beauty, 1957

Clair de Lune, 1946

Atom, 1946

CROCUS
Negro Boy, 1910 — darkest of all
Snowbunting, 1914 — musk-like fragrance

DAFFODILS
Butter and Eggs, 1777 — the classic cottage-garden double
Carlton, 1927 — foolproof from ND to FL
Grand Primo, 1780 — most vigorous and floriferous
Mary Copeland, 1913 — Irene Copeland’s wilder sister
Pheasant’s Eye, 1600 — red-rimmed “eye”
Queen of the North, 1908 — lemon sorbet
Thalia, 1916 — dove-like classic

HYACINTHS
Marie, 1860 — deepest indigo-purple
Queen of the Blues, 1870 — soft, silvery blue
Roman Blue, 1562 — wildflowery, and it multiplies!

LILIES
Black Beauty, 1957 — dark raspberry
L. speciosum ‘Rubrum’, Rubrum lily, 1830 — sprinkled with rubies
L. lancifolium ‘Splendens’, tiger lily, 1804 — Grandma’s favorite

TULIPS
acuminata, 1816 — “spidery and mad”
T. clusiana, 1607 — original WHITE & red
Clara Butt, 1889 — once the world’s favorite
Dillenburg, 1916 — wonderfully fragrant
Orange Favorite, 1930 — fragrant and artistically feathered
Peach Blossom, 1890 — frothy Victorian double

DIVERSE FALL
Byzantine gladiolus, Gladiolus byzantinus, 1629 true stock!
guinea-hen fritillary, F. meleagris, 1572 checkered
red spider lily, Lycoris radiata var. radiata, 1634 heirloom triploid, extra tough

CANNAS
Firebird, 1911 — like a tropical wildflower
Madame Caseneuve, 1902 — our 2005 Bulb of the Year

DAHLIAS
Clair de Lune, 1946 — elegant and wildflowery
Kaiser Wilhelm, 1893 — yellow, burgundy, and a green button eye
Little Beeswings, 1909 — flame and yellow honeycomb
Prince Noir, 1954 — ruffled, dark burgundy cactus
Winsome, 1940 — shocking beauty

GLADIOLUS
Abyssinian glad, 1888 — fragrant!
Atom, 1946 — pint-sized red and silver
Boone, 1920s? — small-flowered, apricot, perennial

DIVERSE SPRING
Mexican Single tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa, 1530 — swooningly fragrant
Pearl double tuberose, P. tuberosa ‘Pearl’, 1870 — like tiny gardenias

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