Crocus chrysanthus ‘Blue Pearl’ is a swooningly beautiful crocus with pale blue inner petals, a yellow throat, and lavender blue outer petals.
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Crocus chrysanthus ‘Prinz Claus’ has startling flowers, white interiors with purple black white edged exterior markings.
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This crocus is perhaps the most easterly species, native as it is to Afgahnistan, Northern Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Bright yellow flowers with dark brown feathering on the outer side. It isn’t difficult to grow but is happier planted in a drier site. more... about Crocus korolkowii
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This beautiful winter flowered crocus has been happy in the same spot in the dry garden for 15 years. During winter it is in full sun but from mid-spring, when the leaves dry off, until late autumn it rests in the shade of a drift of Salvia nemorosa. more... about Crocus sieberi ssp. atticus ‘Firefly’
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A very handsome form which comes from two mountains in the North Peloponnese, Mt Chelmos and Mt Ziria, with a distinct white band separating a yellow throat from the purple petals. more... about Crocus sieberi f. tricolor
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Winter would not be the same here without the flowers of this wonderful, easily grown crocus. Brian Matthews, in his monograph The Crocus, writes “In parts of Montenegro and Hercigovina I have seen it growing so thickly as to colour the woodlands, like English bluebells.” I grow it in the dry garden under salvias and toad flax which are cut to the ground in May. more... about Crocus tommasinianus
The most nearly pink of all crocus “.....almost the colour of peach blossom” also described as “.....cyclamen rose with a silver sheen”
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These varieties have giant flowers almost the size of tulips. They flower late winter and early spring and will cope with more summer watering than most other crocus, although they grow happily in dry conditions. They all make good pot plants and can be brought inside when they start to flower. more... about Giant Dutch Crocus Selections
Crocus vernus ‘Flower Record’ is the best of the large flowered Dutch Crocus with glossy violet flowers.
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Crocus vernus ‘Pickwick’ has creamy white flowers with purple feathering.
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Many gardeners think that Fritillaria are difficult to grow. Although a few test the skill of gardeners most are very easy. All of the below grow well in any spot with good drainage which doesn’t sit wet at any time. They don’t mind being totally dried out but will be happy in a garden bed which gets the occasional summer irrigation. more... about Fritillaria
There can hardly be a more elegant flower than this denizen of Cyprus, Turkey and Syria. Its large, narrow, green and maroon flowers, recurved at the tips, are carried in 40 cm tall stems. It will grow in any well drained sunny spot or under deciduous shrubs. more... about Fritillaria acmopetala
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Bell shaped flowers, large for the size of the plant, hang from 30cm tall stems. The chequered flowers, range from dusky pink through mauve to deep purple. Unlike most other species in the genus Fritillaria meleagris does not want to dry out during the summer. more... about Fritillaria meleagris
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Bell shaped greenish white flowers, large for the size of the plant hang from 30cm tall stems. Unlike most other Fritillaria species this does not want to dry out. It’s happy here planted under deciduous shrubs which are watered occasionally during summer. more... about Fritillaria meleagris ‘Alba’
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This easily grown species, from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, prefers a spot in light shade which doesn’t parch during summer, although it is happy in a pretty dry position in my garden where it is shaded by perennials during summer. more... about Fritillaria pontica
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Iris reticulata ‘Alida’ has light blue flowers with soft yellow markings. ‘Alida’ is a light blue sport of Iris ‘Harmony’ and just as good a doer increasing very quickly.
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There can scarcely be a more beautiful winter flower than these iris which came originally from the wilds of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. This markedly fragrant form has deep blue flowers with orange yellow markings. more... about Iris reticulata ‘Edward’
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Iris reticulata ‘J.S.Dijt’ has reddish purple flowers with yellow markings on the falls. A beautiful little Iris.
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Iris reticulata ‘Purple Gem’ has "Deep plum-purple flowers with lighter veining” Paghat’s Garden. Slim and refined in outline.
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Ixia ‘Blue Bird’ is not white at all, but deep pink fading to blush towards the centre of the petal and with a maroon eye.
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I grow a patch of these bright orange, black eyed flowered bulbs amongst Euphorbia nicaeensis in the dry garden. The flowers are produced several to each 40 cm tall wiry stems in spring. Ixia maculata is called Corn Lily because its flower buds resemble heads of wheat. more... about Ixia maculata
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This is one of my favourite South African bulbs. It grows about 40cm tall here at Lambley but can grow taller in more benign climates. Its wiry branching stem carries up to 20 cream coloured, crimson flushed flowers. more... about Ixia paniculata
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