How to Grow Tiger Flower — Tigridia
Tigridia also called tiger flower
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How to Grow Squill — Scilla
Scilla–commonly called squill–bears nodding, bell-shaped to flat or star-shaped flowers in spring. The blossoms are usually blue, but also pink, purple, or white. Scilla is a perennial bulb. It has strap-shaped mid-green leaves that offset the colorful flowers. Scilla stands just 3 to 6 inches tall. Plant Scilla in groups in autumn for spring blooms….
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
