Comparing Diverse
Fall-Planted Bulbs
Fall-Planted Bulbs
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| Common Name | Date | Latin Name | Color of Flowers | Season of Bloom | Height | Shade | Zones | Rarest |
| German garlic | 1800 | Allium senescens | lavender | mid-summer | 18-20” | no | 4-7bS/9bW | |
| purple-headed garlic | 1766 | Allium sphaerocephalum | wine-red | early summer | 24” | no | 4-7S/7W | New |
| Turkish glory-of-the-snow | 1883 | Chionodoxa sardensis | blue | early spring | 5” | half | 4-7S/7W | New |
| sowbread cyclamen | 1597 | Cyclamen hederifolium | pink | early fall | 6” | yes | 6-7bS/9W | New |
| winter aconite | 1597 | Eranthis hyemalis | yellow | earliest | 5” | half | 5-7S/7W | |
| antique freesia | 1878 | Freesia alba | white | spring | 9” | no | 8S/8-10W | Rarest |
| snake’s-head fritillary | 1572 | Fritillaria meleagris | maroon | spring | 12” | half | 4-7S & W | |
| giant / Elwes snowdrop | 1875 | Galanthus elwesii | white | earliest | 7” | half | 5-8a/9aW | |
| traditional snowdrop | 1597 | Galanthus nivalis | white | earliest | 6” | half | 3-7a/8aW | |
| Byzantine gladiolus | 1629 | Gladiolus byzantinus | magenta | early summer | 30” | no | 6-9S/11W | |
| Spanish bluebell, squill | 1601 | Hyacinthoides hispanica | blue | late spring | 16” | some | 5-8S/10W | |
| English bluebell | 1200 | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | blue | late spring | 14” | some | 6-7S/9W | |
| snowflake (Gravetye Giant) | 1924 | Leucojum aestivum | white | spring | 22” | half | 5-9S/9W | |
| red spider lily | 1821 | Lycoris radiata | red | late summer | 21” | no | 7-10S/10W | |
| surprise or magic lily | 1889 | Lycoris squamigera | pink | late summer | 36” | no | 6-7S/7W | |
| grape hyacinth | 1576 | Muscari botryoides | purple | spring | 7” | half | 3-7S/9W | |
| Southern grape hyacinth | 1629 | Muscari neglectum | purple | spring | 8” | half | 5-8S/9W | |
| silver bells | 1629 | Ornithogalum nutans | silver | late spring | 10” | some | 5b-8S & W | |
| Chestine Gowdy peony | 1913 | Paeonia lactiflora | pink, white | early summer | 28-32” | no | 3-7S/7W | New |
| Edulis Superba peony | 1824 | Paeonia lactiflora | Rosy pink | early summer | 36-38” | no | 3-8aS/8aW | New |
| Felix Crousse peony | 1881 | Paeonia lactiflora | raspberry | early summer | 30-32” | no | 3-7S/7W | New |
| Festiva Maxima peony | 1851 | Paeonia lactiflora | white | early summer | 35” | no | 3-8aS/8W | New |
| Mikado peony | 1893 | Paeonia lactiflora | raspberry-red, gold stamens | early summer | 36-38” | no | 3-7S/7W | New |
| Myrtle Gentry peony | 1925 | Paeonia lactiflora | creamy white | early summer | 34-36” | no | 3-7S/7W | New |
| oxblood / hurricane lily | 1807 | Rhodophiala bifida | red | late summer | 15” | no | 7-10S & W | |
| Siberian squill, scilla | 1796 | Scilla siberica | blue | early spring | 5” | half | 3-7S/9W |
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