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How to Grow Ranunculus
Ranunculus is a genus of about 400 species of annuals and perennials. Most are commonly known as buttercups. Ranunculus flowers are bowl, or cup- to saucer-shaped, usually 5-petaled, mainly yellow but also white, pink, orange, or red flowers. Flowers bloom in spring through summer depending on the species. Ranunculus can be fibrous or rhizome rooted […] More
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How to Grow Striped Sqill — Puschkinia
Puschkinia — commonly called striped squill–is grown for its small, densely packed racemes of bell-shaped, pale blue flowers with darker blue stripes that appear in spring. Puschkinia is a genus of one species, but it is related and looks similar to Scilla and Chionodoxa. Puschkinia flowers are borne on leafless stalks; each flower consists of six petal-like […] More
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How to Grow Tuberose — Polianthes
Polianthes—commonly called Tuberose—is grown for its powerfully sweet fragrant flowers. The flowers appear on erect and spikelike racemes. Individual flowers are tubular to narrowly funnel-shaped and bloom orange-red or white. There are 13 species in the Polianthes genus. The species Polianthes tuberosa is most commonly grown and known as tuberose. It grows from a tuber-rhizome. […] More
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How to Grow Grape Hyacinth — Muscari
Muscari–commonly called Grape hyacinth–is a spring-flowering perennial bulb with narrow grassy leaves and short spikes of small, fragrant, bell-shaped blue flowers held in cone-shaped clusters. Muscari is often interplanted with other spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips and daffodils. Muscari, however, blooms about a month longer than other spring bulbs. After plants bloom, the leaves yellow […] More
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How to Grow Spider Lily — Lycoris
Lycoris–commonly called spider lily–bear umbels of tubular-funnel-shaped flowers on leafless stems from early spring to early autumn. Leaves are basal and linear or lance-shaped. Plant Lycoris in fall for spring blooms. Lycoris are bulbous plants of the Amaryllis Family. They have lily-like red, orange, white, or pinkish-lavender flowers that appear after the narrow leaves have […] More
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How to Grow Snowflake — Leucojum
Leucojum–commonly called snowflake–bears delicate white flowers above slender foliage. Three different species are commonly grown in gardens–the spring snowflake, summer snowflake, and autumn snowflake. Leucojum are similar to Galanthus known as snowdrops. One or two and sometimes up to 8 flowers are borne on each stem. The flowers are nodding or pendent, bell-shaped, and usually […] More
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How to Grow Spring Starflower — Ipheion
Ipheion–commonly called spring starflower–bears starry, fragrant blooms in spring. Bulbs usually produce a single flower stalk, sometimes two with one or two upward facing flowers Plant Ipheion as an edging plant in beds and borders or use as a groundcover in semi-wild areas, under trees and large shrubs. The Ipheion genus includes 10 species of […] More
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How to Grow Hyacinth — Hyacinthus
Hyacinth is a spring-flowering bulb with linear bright green leaves and spikes of highly scented bell-shaped flowers in a wide range of colors, including white, yellow, pink, red, and orange. Plant the bulbs in fall at the front of a bed or in pots. Hyacinth is the common name for a small genus of bulbous […] More
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How to Grow Bluebells — Hyancinthoides
Hyancinthoides — sometimes called bluebells–bears charming racemes of small bell-shaped flowers in spring. Blossoms are blue or white and sometimes pink; they appear above lance-shaped or linear leaves. Hyancinthoides is a Turnicate bulb which means it is renewed annually–new bulbs form each year to replace the old one that dies. Hyancinthoides also self-sows, so there is little need for replanting […] More
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How to Grow Gladiolus
Gladiolus are grown for their showy spikes of usually open, funnel-shaped flowers borne from spring to early autumn. Each spike can hold up to thirty large flowers. Gladiolus flowers each have 6 petals (tepals), one above, three below, and two wings. Flowers open from the bottom of the spikes upward. Leaves are narrow and linear […] More
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How to Grow Snowdrops — Galanthus
Snowdrops, Galanthus, is a perennial bulb with grass-like green foliage and nodding white bell-shaped flowers. Snowdrops bloom in late winter and early spring. They are one of the earliest blooming plants each year. There are about 19 species of Galanthus. All are hardy perennials. Each bulb produces a single pendant bloom on an arching stem. […] More
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How to Grow and Care for Freesia
Freesias are commonly grown for their fragrance as well as their graceful racemes of colorful, funnel-shaped flowers. Freesias bloom from late winter to early spring. Flowers are held erect in dense racemes at the end of arching, often leafless spikes. Flowers appear on the upper sides of the flowering stem. Blooms can be white, pink, […] More
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