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29 Feb 08

Fritillaria lanceolata, RICE LILY, RICE BABIES: NATIVE BULBS - FRIT L BABIES 10 - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • This bulb naturally occurs in grass meadows where it's unusual beauty is hidden, it thrives in sun or part shade and needs NO summer water, although it doesn't mind getting watered. It goes dormant in summer and produces many offsets (rice) from the mother bulb.
03 Dec 07

'Smart' flower bulbs pull themselves to deeper ground

  • The research team documented that perception of the light stimulus occurred in the bulblet or the subtending leaf. They also found that responsiveness to light faded as the roots aged. Experiments with light of different wavelengths indicated that the contraction response was triggered most often by blue light, and that blue light was the most effective in stimulating movement, suggesting the presence of a blue-absorbing pigment in the lily bulbs. The signal for contraction moved from the bulbs down into the roots, but the roots themselves did not respond to the light. The deeper the bulbs were planted, the less they formed contractile roots.
29 Nov 07

Brodiaea elegans, ELEGANT BRODIAEA, 6 BULBS: NATIVE BULBS - B ELEGANS 6-0.5 - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • These are very easy if they are not watered in the summer or if planted with other plants and kept on the dry side. Great for rock gardens and other dry sites, taller in part shade. Seldom need to be divided, great for naturalizing with other bulbs in a sunny site.

Trillium ovatum, WESTERN TRILLIUM, 3 SMALL BULBS: NATIVE BULBS - T OVATUM 3 S - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • They will be taller in heavy shade. This is one of the few plants that thrives under Big-Leaf Maples and is well adapted to growing under shrubs and trees.

Aquilegia formosa, WESTERN COLUMBINE, SMALL: NATIVE PLANTS - Aquilegia formosa SMBR - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • The Columbine (Aquilegia) is an easy plant to grow because it adapts itself to a wide variety of conditions. Columbines do best however, when they are grown in moist, rich, well drained soil in light shade
  • Columbines are a favorite flower for hummingbirds, and are excellent additions to the rock garden, or as a native woodland planting.
20 Nov 07

Trillium ovatum, WESTERN TRILLIUM, 3 SMALL BULBS: NATIVE BULBS - T OVATUM 3 S - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • This trillium grows in shady well-drained soil. It will tolerate full sun in cool summer areas, and loves an organic mulch. The plants will tolerate summer drought, but will do better with some summer water.

Sagittaria latifolia, Wapato, 2 SM BULBS: PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS - Sagittaria latifolia, 2-0.5 - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • Native Americans used the edible roots. These tubers can be eaten raw or cooked for 15 to 20 minutes. The taste is similar to potatoes and chestnuts, and they can be prepared in the same ways: roasting, frying, boiling. They can also be sliced and dried to prepare a flour.
  • Habitat: shallow water or wet soil at the edges of streams, ponds, and marshes. Grow as a pond plant or a potted plant kept in a deep saucer of water or planted in an undrained container.

Camassia quamash, LAVENDER STRAIN: NATIVE BULBS - CAMAS Q LAV 1.0 - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • Camas was used by the Indians as a food crop, this species has smaller bulbs than Great Camass, and blooms earlier in the spring. C. quamash is a smaller bloomer then C.leichtlinii, with smaller bulbs as well, although they multiply and bloom from seed faster. Camas tolerates damp meadows and pond edges as well as heavy clay soils; will perform well in dryer, better drained sites with plenty of early spring water. Camas goes dormant in early summer. It is very attractive to deer and rodents, protect from plant eating critters.

Camassia leichtlinii, BLUE SMALL: NATIVE BULBS - CAMAS L BLUE 0.75 - BUGGYCRAZY, BULBS AND NATIVE PLANTS

  • This is the Giant Camas which can get 3 feet tall or more when in bloom and the bulbs can get up to 3 inches in diameter. Camass bulbs are adapted to wet soil and will thrive in poorly drained soil as well as well-drained soil as long as they get enough winter and spring water.
  • mice in particular love these bulbs, deer will eat the blooms. The largest Gopher found in these parts is called the CAMASS Gopher, it has tunnels so large you can stick BOTH fists in, capable of making a BIG mess of your bulb patch!
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