Front Cover 2010 - Brent and Becky's Bulbs!

Indoor Bulbs - Ornithogalum
Indoor Bulbs - Oxalis
ORNITHOGALUM
Family: Liliaceae
Up to 15-20 six-petaled florets form
one large spherical flower at the top of a 12”-15”
tall stem; this is one of our favorites because it
lasts about 6 weeks in our cool, rarely tended
greenhouse; blooms winter-spring for us; (4cm+).
d u b i u m - lovely
tangerine petals with
greenish heart.
#40-0103
10/$9 50/$36
100/$65 500/$290
1000/$520
Ornith. dubium ‘Yellow’
dubium ‘Yellow’ - marvelous
golden form of one of
our favorite indoor bulbs;
easy and long-lasting.
#40-0145 10/$9.70
50/$38.50 100/$69
500/$315 1000/$560
OXALIS
Family: Oxalidaceae
Nickname: Shamrock or Wood Sorrel
Although Oxalis is a great garden plant,
we find that it survives our winters better when
it’s planted in the spring with other summer
bulbs, allowing it the opportunity to become well
established before the cold weather sets in.
Since it is also a most adaptable houseplant as
well, we’ve decided that this is the best section
for these bulbs to be offered for fall planting.
Next spring, after danger of frost, they can then
be transplanted into your garden to enjoy for the
rest of the gardening season. They form lovely
8”–10” mounds of clover–like leaves with 5–petaled
flowers that open wide in the sun; non-invasive,
excellent bedding and border plant as well as an
all season, forgiving houseplant; foliage is very attractive
and perfect ‘shoes and socks’ companion
plant to cover the bare soil around the ankles of all
of your larger indoor potted plants; pest resistant;
sun to shade; topsized bulbs unless noted.
adenophylla – silvery
foliage provides a perfect
background for
the lilac/purple flowers;
one of our favorites
in the garden and fills
decorative pots in the
greenhouse and on our
porch! (6+cm).
#35-0101 10/$5.70
50/$23 100/$41
500/$185 1000/$330 Oxalis adenophylla
Oxalis reg. var. triangularis
Ornithogalum dubium
regnellii var.
triangularis - rich burgundy
triangular leaves
and soft pink flowers;
we think this one is just
about the best horticultural
value!
#35-0103 10/$7.30
50/$29 100/$52
500/$235 1000/$420
If winters are long and hard in your area, the bulbs
in this ‘indoor bulb section’ offer lots of smiles that
will help keep you ‘skipping through the winter’,
right into spring!
tetraphylla – (deppei)
flowers rose; ‘four-leaf
clover’ leaves are green
with port wine center
blotch.
#35-0104 10/$3
50/$12 100/$22
500/$100 1000/$180
Oxalis tetraphylla
t e t r a p h y l l a ‘ I r o n
Cross’ – flowers carmine;
dark, port wine cross
shape near center of its
leaves.
#35-0105 10/$3
50/$12 100/$22
Oxal. tetraphylla ‘Iron Cross’
500/$100 1000/$180
Oxalis versicolor
versicolor – very unusual
burgundy rimmed
white flowers.
#35-0107 10/$13.70
50/$55 100/$99
500/$445 1000/$800
Whether you use our pre-cooled bulbs, the bulbs
in our indoor section or ones that you have potted
and given enough cooling to bloom, arranging the
pots as a centerpiece or as another type of festive
decoration not only adds lots of color, the fragrance
of the ‘Living Flower Arrangement’ makes it feel like
springtime indoors! This is our dining room table
where we served a nice meal for our friends while
the flowers fed all our souls! If only we had ‘scratch
and sniff’! The bulbs in this picture were from our
pre-cooled section. We just potted them up; put them
in a cool (50°-60°) dark place for 10-14 days to root
well and then brought them out in a sunny location
for them to bloom. We really enjoy their color, their
fragrances and their happy faces!
additional photographs of each item in the garden @ www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com
All of the Oxalis
can be potted up
and enjoyed indoors
all during
the winter. Once
danger of frost
passes, these
s a m e p o t t e d
bulbs can be put
outside on your
deck, steps or patio
and enjoyed
all summer. They
will over-winter in
zones 7-10. Here
Oxalis regnellii
var. triangularis
has grown into a
wonderful mound
decorating the
front entrance.
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