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 Plant list: Bulbs
Bulb is a generic term for a range of different types of underground storage organs that include true bulbs, corms, and rhizomes. They come up, do their thing and die back but remember, don't chop off the leaves!
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| Latin name: | | Tulipa |
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| Common name: | | Tulip |
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| Type of plant: | | Bulb |
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| Hardiness: | | Bulb |
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| Flower colour: | | White, yellow, orange, red and purple |
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| Leaf colour: | | Grey-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 15cm x 10cm (6in x 3in) |
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| Description: | |
Produces wineglass-shaped flowers on a stem that rises above the leaves. Tulips are available in a range of colours. Prefers a spot in full sun.
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| Latin name: | | Galanthus nivalis |
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| Common name: | | Common snowdrop |
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| Type of plant: | | Bulb |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Grey-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 10cm to 15cm x 5cm to 7.5cm (4in to 6in x 2in to 3in) |
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| Description: | |
The harbingers of spring. Snowdrops have graceful hanging flowers that appear on a slender stem. The three large outer petals and three smaller inner ones form an upside down cup that is marked with green.
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| Latin name: | | Crocus |
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| Common name: | | Crocus |
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| Type of plant: | | Corm |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy to frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White, yellow and purple |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green, with a white stripe |
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| Height and spread: | | 15cm x 7.5cm (6in x 3in) |
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Grown for their cheery looking, wineglass-shaped flowers. Crocus look fantastic grown in beds, lawns, or containers. The spice saffron comes from an autumn flowering crocus. Most prefer a sunny spot.
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| Latin name: | | Dahlia |
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| Common name: | | Dahlia |
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| Type of plant: | | Tuber |
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| Hardiness: | | Fully tender |
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| Flower colour: | | White, yellow, orange, pink and scarlet |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1m to 1.2m x 45cm to 25cm (3ft to 4ft x 18in to 10in) |
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| Description: | |
There are many different dahlias, but all have showy flowers. Often large flowers born on top of upright stems. Best in a sunny spot, dahlias need supporting, and the tubers must be dug up before the frost and stored indoors over winter.
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| Latin name: | | Iris |
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| Common name: | | Iris |
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| Type of plant: | | Rhizomes and bulbs |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Blue, violet, yellow and white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 70cm to 1m x indefinite (2ft to 3ft x indefinite) |
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| Description: | |
Irises are easy to grow in sunny well-drained soil. They have arching lance-shaped leaves, with flowers appearing on long, branching stems. Prefer slightly alkaline soil, but will grow in acidic conditions.
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