Front Cover 2010 - Brent and Becky's Bulbs!

S P E C I A L B U L B S
Erythronium, continued
Ery. dens-canis ‘Rose Queen’
70
dens-canis ‘Rose Queen’
– deep pink flowers.
#18-0106 5/$18.10
25/$75.50
50/$137
250/$597.50
500/$1035
Kondo – sulphur yellow
with a brown ring in the
center; lighter mottling
in the foliage.
#18-0107 5/$9.10
2 5 / $ 3 8 5 0 / $ 6 9 Erythronium ‘Kondo’
250/$300 500/$525
Pagoda – a vigorous
hybrid between native
American species E.
tuolumnense x E. revolutum;
3-5 lovely lilylike
flowers per stem;
often multiple stems
per bulb; rich yellow
flowers with contrasting
central reddish eye
ring; 1959; mid spring.
Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ #18-0108 10/$10.40
50/$43.50 100/$79 500/$345 1000/$600
revolutum
‘White Beauty’ – native
American with
pure white flowers
and brown basal spots;
white and brown veined
foliage. #18-0109
5/$13.75 25/$57.25
50/$104 250/$452.50
500/$785
Erythronium ‘White Beauty’
Erythronium, when planted in its ‘happy spot’, really
creates eye-catching scenes. Here Erythronium
‘White Beauty’ glows in the morning sun and
spreads its decorative foliage for all to see!
Erythronium tuolumnense
tuolumnense – yellow native
American flower with
greenish center; unmottled,
pale green leaves.
#18-0110 1/$3.68
5/$15.35 10/$27.90
50/$121 100/$211
FRITILLARIA – DWARF
Family: Liliaceae
bulb companions: Anemone blanda; Brimeura; Muscari
other companions: Arabis; Aubrieta; Candytuft
A group of plants, usually with bellshaped
flowers that come in all sizes, colors and
heights; most prefer humus rich, well-drained soil;
terrific for rock gardens, fronts of borders and
woodland gardens; Apr-May; whz 4–8.
meleagris – (Guinea
Hen Flower) extremely
variable mixture
of solitary, nodding,
bell-shaped, reddish
purple to black,
faintly checkered
green, to pure white
flowers; great with
Marsh Marigolds in
damp meadow; 1572;
12”–15”; (7+cm).
#19-0109 10/$4.10
50/$17 100/$31
500/$135 1000/$240
Fritillaria meleagris ‘Alba’
michailovskyi
‘Multiflora’ – many lovely,
yellow edged, purplish
brown flowers per stem;
inside is shiny yellow;
best in rock garden;
4”–10”; (6+cm).
#19-0130 10/$12
50/$50 100/$91
500/$395
1000/$690
Fritillaria pallidiflora
pudica ‘Giant’ – a more
vigorous form with
twin, buttercup yellow,
nodding flowers resembling
Galanthus; narrow,
straight foliage; 3”–6”;
(5+cm).
#19-0131 5/$15.25
25/$63.50
50/$115.50
250/$502.50 500/$875
Fritillaria - dwarf
Fritillaria meleagris
with Puschkinia
meleagris ‘Alba’ – a
native of Great Britain
and Europe; this selected
form is somewhat
rarer than the species
because it can only be
propagated by division;
mid spring; 1982; zones
3-8; (5+cm).
#19-0110 10/$8.20
50/$34 100/$62
500/$270 1000/$470
Frit. michailovskyi ‘Multiflora’
pallidiflora – a splendid,
showy species suitable
for a well-drained sunny
position; native to Central
Asia; 1857; mid spring;
whz 4-8; 12”-16”; (10+cm).
#19-0112 5/$15.35
25/$64 50/$116
250/$505 500/$880
Fritillaria pudica ‘Giant’
Watering may be necessary if you do
not get sufficient rain – ½ inch per week in the
fall and spring. If you can catch the rainwater to
use for watering, that will be ever so much better
for the environment AND for your plants! They
don’t love chlorine or salt from water softeners!
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