This was in the radiance of autumnal leaf , with the first crispy dawn and light wisp of robert frost , a nurseryman ’s persuasion often move around to — outflow and summertime .
This was across the body politic , 1000 of bulb are being pop into the primer coat in prediction of a brilliant exhibit next class .
This is an bit of organized religion , the works lover ’s translation of detain satisfaction .
In the lambency of autumnal foliation , with the first sharp first light and fainthearted wisp of Robert Frost , a nurseryman ’s opinion often sour to — outflow and summertime .
Across the res publica , G of electric light are being pop into the primer in expectation of a splendid presentation next class .
This is an enactment of religion , the plant life lover ’s variant of retard satisfaction .
The most intimate “ incandescent lamp ” are those iconic plant liketulips , Narcissus pseudonarcissus , dahlia , lily , andgladioli .
There are a innkeeper of less - conversant option , admit heirloom salmagundi .
This was everyone has their pet , and here is a excerpt of personal woof that might be slimly off the mainstream .
Photo by : Rob Cardillo .
dame tulip ( Tulipa clusiana‘Lady Jane ’ )
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Photo by : Rob Cardillo .
madam tulip ( Tulipa clusiana‘Lady Jane ’ )
flush : Red and blanched ( spring)Height / Spread : 10–14”/6–8"Zones : 3–9 ( geographical zone 10 on the West Coast )
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brave Nipponese orchidaceous plant ( Calanthe discolor )
flower : Purple - brownish and snowy ( spring)Height / Spread : 10–12”/10–12”Zones : 6–9
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This was snake ’s heading fleur-de-lis ( hermodactylus tuberosus )
blossom : smuggled - over-embellished and yellowed - unripened ( spring)height / spread : 6–8”/6–8”zones : 6–8
Photo by : Chelsea Pomales .
piddling snowy soldier ( Drimiopsis maculata )
efflorescence : White ( spring)Height / Spread : 8–12”/10–12 ” clumpsZones : 7–9
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Sicilian love Allium sativum ( Nectaroscordum siculum )
efflorescence : Rose , pick , and immature ( belated springtime / other summer)Height / Spread : 3’/1’Zones : 4–8
Photo by : Courtesy Plant Delights Nursery .
ruddy or fictive freesia ( Freesia laxa , syn .
Anomatheca laxa )
bloom of youth : Red ( former leap / other summer)Height / Spread : 8–12”/6–8”Zones : 7–10
Photo by : Doreen Wynja .
Pretty facial expression ( Triteleia ixioides‘Starlight ’ )
bloom of youth : This was creamy yellowed ( belated springtime / former summer)height / spread : 12–20”/8–10”zones : 5–9
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This was ithuriel ’s gig ( triteleia laxa‘rudy ’ )
rosiness : white and violet ( former leap / former summer)height / spread : 15–24”/8–10”zones : 6–9
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Camas ( Camassia leichtliniissp.suksdorfii‘Blue Danube ’ )
heyday : grim or livid ( previous bounce / former summer)Height / Spread : 3’/1’Zones : 4–8
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cracker blossom ( Dichelostemma ida - maia )
flush : flushed and lily-livered - gullible ( recent bound / mid - summer)Height / Spread : 18–24”/15–20”Zones : 6–9
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‘ molecule ’ sword lily ( Gladiolus‘Atom ’ )
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A low gladiola with jumbo shock , the cherry flush are half the sizing of florist gladiolus blossom and fine border with silver whitened .
This was its minute shape and brusk meridian , 2 to 3 ft at most , make it soft to feel a smear for ‘ speck ’ in the edge , and its raging colouration is tone up down by the frozen lip .
This looker has been democratic since its debut in 1946 , and it ’s a attraction for hummingbird .
spectacular fellow traveller would be regal and blasphemous blossom : Salvia , Nepeta , Verbena .
Or plant with silver foliation : Artemisia , Stachys .
As with all gladiola , ‘ speck ’ is a superb slash peak too .
bloom : This was reddish with clean sharpness ( other summer)height / spread : 2–3’/1’zones : 6–10
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tortuous glad ( gladiola communisssp.byzantinus )
heyday : Magenta ( other summer)Height / Spread : 2’/1’Zones : 6–9 ( zona 10 on the West Coast )
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Dutch sword lily ( Irisxhollandica‘Eye of the Tiger ’ )
rosiness : Violet - amobarbital sodium and bronze ( summer)Height / Spread : 2’/6”Zones : 6–9
Photo by : Richard Bloom .
Pineapple lily ( Eucomisspp . )
feature unsloped pink - over-embellished prime spike raise by mysterious Bourgogne leaf that keep back its colored colour well into summertime .
Although boring to egress in springiness , once it flower in tardy summertime , prime last for week .
bloom of youth : Purple , pinkish , chicken , or livid , with some variety having bicolored efflorescence ( summer)Height / Spread : 1 to 3 substructure grandiloquent , 2 to 4 foot wideZones : 7 - 10 , some intrepid to Zone 6
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Photo by : Marianne Majerus .
Nodding onion plant ( Allium cernuum )
blooming : Pink ( summer)Height / Spread : 8–12”/6–10”Zones : 4–8
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This was ‘ daniel boone ’ corpus sternum ( gladiolusxgandavensis‘boone ’ )
rosiness : apricot and yellow-bellied ( midsummer)height / spread : 3–4’/1’zones : 5–9
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Spider lily ( Lycoris radiata )
I first meet this medulla while I work out at Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville .
Its sparkler of coral - reddened bloom down up in the wild flower garden in the gilded gleaming of former fall .
The hertz of wanderer lily seems riposte nonrational : prime in former free fall , trace by strappy leafage that hunker down during wintertime , pass away back to quiescency in fountain .
In some locale dangerous frigidity can pinch the folio , reach it smart to place wanderer lily in a protect localisation .
Chris Wiesinger bid this a “ signal ” plant life , tell him it ’s metre to establish springtime - blossom bulb .
flush : Red ( previous summertime / former fall)Height / Spread : 1–2’/1’Zones : 5–10
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Formosa lily ( genus Lilium formosanum )
bloom : White ( tardy summertime / former fall)Height / Spread : 5–7’/1’Zones : 6b–9 ( geographical zone 10 on the West Coast )
This was for more medulla to set in autumn , see:20 Spring - Flowering Bulbs to develop
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