Front Cover 2010 - Brent and Becky's Bulbs!

Lilium, continued
Muscari
S P E C I A L B U L B S
regale – (species) graceful,
large and fragrant;
great for the evening garden;
plant at the back of
the border among perennials;
4’-6’; 20/24cm bulbs.
#31-0130 5/$16.60
25/$69.25 50/$126
250/$547.50 500/$950
Lilium regale
regale ‘Album’ – (species)
like the above but
predominantly white; 4’-6’;
20/24cm bulbs. #31-0131
5/$16.60 25/$69.25
50/$126 250/$547.50
500/$950
Lilium regale ‘Album’
Satisfaction – (Oriental/Trumpet)
you can get
plenty of ‘satisfaction’ by
having this strong lily with
great substance in your
garden; 3’-5’. #31-0142
5/$15.25 25/$63.50
50/$115.50 250/$502.50
Lilium ‘Satisfaction’
500/$875
Star Gazer – (Oriental)
very popular and famous
lily; fragrant, dark raspberry
red with creamy
white edge.
#31-0109 5/$11.05
25/$46 50/$83.50
250/$365 500/$635
80
Lilium ‘Touching’
Touching – (Oriental/
Trumpet) the warmth of
the touch inspired the
name of this colorful,
fragrant flower; 3’-5’.
#31-0132 5/$15.25
25/$63.50 50/$115.50
250/$502.50 500/$875
MUSCARI
Family: Liliaceae
Nickname: Grape Hyacinth
Bulb Companions: Daffodils; Tulips; Anemone; Hyacinth;
Fritillaria; Erythronium; Leucojum
Other Companions: Mertensia; Myosotis
Spikes covered with grape-like, longlasting
blooms in a range of blues and whites; great
as an edging or ‘shoes and socks’ plant, for forcing
or for designing a ‘river’; fragrance reminiscent
of grapes; naturalizes; armeniacum-types send up
foliage in the fall which makes it a great ‘garden
marker’ to help locate other, more difficult to find,
spring flowering bulbs that need to be fertilized
in the fall; critter resistant; Heirloom; 9/10cm
bulbs unless otherwise
noted; whz 4-9.
armeniacum – fertile,
cobalt blue flowers;
great naturalizer; very
cost efficient blue color
in the garden; 1877; 4”-
6”; early to late spring.
#32-0102 10/$2.90
50/$12 100/$22
500/$95 1000/$170
Lilium ‘Star Gazer’
Muscari armeniacum
Mus. armen. ‘Blue Spike’
armeniacum
‘Christmas Pearl’ – very
similar to armeniacum
but blooms earlier; forces
easily with little or no
cold period; 4”-6”.
#32-0105 10/$3.80
50/$15.50 100/$29
500/$125 1000/$220
a r m e n i a c u m ‘ B l u e
Spike’ – loosely formed
double, blue, sterile flowers;
larger and longer
lasting; a mutation of M.
armeniacum that sometimes
reverts back to the
species; 6”-8”.
#32-0103 10/$3.60
5 0 / $ 1 5 1 0 0 / $ 2 8
500/$120 1000/$210
Mus. arm. ‘Christmas Pearl’
armeniacum ‘Saffier’ –
french dark blue flowers,
one not visited by bees
and lasts longer; often
with a white rim; 8”; midlate
spring.
#32-0107 10/$3.80
50/$15.50 100/$29
500/$125 1000/$220
Mus. armemiacum ‘Saffier’
aucheri ‘Blue Magic’ –
fertile flowers at the top
are bright sky blue with
white lobes; darker blue
flowers are at the bottom;
mid spring; a great
forcer; 4”-8”; (8/9cm+).
#32-0108 10/$3.50
50/$14.50 100/$27
500/$115 1000/$200 Mus. aucheri ‘Blue Magic’
aucheri ‘Mount Hood’ –
royal blue flowers which
grow paler at the top
as it matures until the
top is white, like snow
on the ‘blue mountain’;
really precious and eyecatching
and will be a
wonderful addition to
any garden design; 4”-
Mus. aucheri ‘Mount Hood’ 8”; mid spring; (5cm+).
#32-0120 10/$6.90
50/$29 100/$52 500/$230 1000/$400
aucheri ‘White Magic’ -
precious white form of
the above - will lighten every
garden and be a great
addition to the moonlight
garden.
#32-0122 10/$6.20
50/$25.50 100/$47
500/$205 1000/$350
Mus. aucheri ‘White Magic’
azureum – fertile flowers
are bell-shaped, not
constricted and pale to
bright blue; only a few
sterile flowers which are
smaller and often paler
blue; 3”-6”; early-mid
spring; 1859; (5cm+)
#32-0109 10/$4.40
Muscari azureum
50/$18.50 100/$34
500/$145 1000/$250
BRENT AND BECKY’S FAVORITES NEW FOR 2010 whz=Winter Hardiness Zones