Comparing Diverse
Spring-Planted Bulbs
Spring-Planted Bulbs
From America’s Expert Source for Heirloom Flower Bulbs
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Comparing Diverse Spring-Planted Bulbs From America’s Expert Source for Heirloom Flower Bulbs | My Basket |
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| Common Name | Date | Latin Name | Special Qualities | Height | Zones | Grow in Pots? |
| elephant ears | 1739 | Colocasia esculenta | exuberant & easy | 3-5’ | 7b-11 or as annual | great in pots |
| ‘Illustris’ elephant ears | 1902 | Colocasia ‘Illustris’ | black with apple-green veins | 3’ | 8-11 or as annual | great in pots |
| St. Joseph’s lily | 1799 | Hippeastrum x johnsonii | hardiest amaryllis, red | 2’ | 7-11 (6b?) | challenging in pots | ‘Mexican Single’ tuberose | 1530 | Polianthes tuberosa | richly fragrant, Aztec relic | 3-4’ | 8-11 or as annual | great in pots |
| ‘Pearl’ double tuberose | 1870 | Polianthes tuberosa | richly fragrant, double | 3’ | 8-11 or as annual | great in pots |
| white rain lily | 1826 | Zephyranthes candida | white, early fall blooming | 6-8” | 7-11 | possible in pots |
| yellow rain lily | 1880 | Zephyranthes citrina | yellow, self-sows | 6-10” | 7-10 | possible in pots |
| pink rain lily, fairy lily | 1825 | Zephyranthes grandiflora | pink, larger flowers | 8-12” | 8-10 or in pots | great in pots |
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