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Dwarf Garlic: complete guide
Allium chamaemoly
Discover Allium chamaemoly, a delicate Mediterranean dwarf bulb. Learn planting, care and uses in rock gardens and containers.
Allium cyrilli: complete guide
Allium cyrilli subsp. cyrilli
Cyrillic garlic, delicate ornamental bulb from southern France to Turkey with pale purple florets. Perfect for dry slopes and Mediterranean gardens.
Pink garlic: complete guide
Allium trifoliatum
Discover Allium trifoliatum, pink garlic or three-leaved garlic. Small Mediterranean bulb with pink flowers. Perfect for dry gardens and borders.
Biarum tenuifolium: complete guide
Biarum tenuifolium
Biarum tenuifolium, a small Mediterranean bulb, offers bizarre flowers and delicate foliage. This rare jewel thrives in Mediterranean gardens and rock gardens.
Amethyst hyacinth: complete guide
Brimeura amethystina
Full guide to Brimeura amethystina: planting depth, soil, watering, winter hardiness and companion plants for your garden.
Brimeura fastigiata: complete guide
Brimeura fastigiata
Full guide to Brimeura fastigiata: habitat, bloom time, soil, care and planting companions for this rare Mediterranean bulb.
Camash (Camassia quamash): complete guide
Camassia quamash
Camassia quamash delivers stunning blue star-flower clusters in May-June. This North American bulb thrives effortlessly in moist soil. Ideal for borders, meadows, and wet corners.
Colchicum bulbocodium: complete guide
Colchicum bulbocodium
Spring meadow saffron is a dwarf spring bloomer with purple flowers. A jewel for rock and alpine gardens.
Corsican autumn crocus: complete guide
Colchicum corsicum
Everything about Colchicum corsicum: bloom time, ideal site, bulb care, toxicity and winter hardiness for gardeners.
Autumn Crocus Colchicum cupanii: complete guide
Colchicum cupanii
Complete growing guide for Colchicum cupanii: site requirements, soil preparation, watering, hardiness and companion planting ideas.
Mountain autumn crocus: complete guide
Colchicum montanum
Grow Colchicum montanum successfully: planting depth, drainage, companion plants, and autumn blooming tips for this mountain bulb.
Crocus angustifolius: complete guide
Crocus angustifolius
Discover cloth of gold crocus (Crocus angustifolius), a beautiful early spring bloomer with golden-yellow flowers. Read our comprehensive guide on cultivation, bloom time and care.
Silvery crocus: complete guide
Crocus biflorus
Discover Crocus biflorus, an elegant early-blooming crocus with silvery-white flowers. Perfect for lawns and borders. Hardy and easy to grow from bulbs.
Crocus goulimyi: complete guide
Crocus goulimyi
Discover Goulimyi's Crocus, a rare autumn-flowering bulb from Greece with delicate lilac flowers. Perfect for alpine gardens, rockeries, and specialized cultivation.
Crocus hyemalis: complete guide
Crocus hyemalis
Discover the Winter Crocus: early-blooming bulb from the Middle East, care, planting schedule, and combinations for your front garden.
Cloth-of-Gold Crocus: complete guide
Crocus reticulatus
Crocus reticulatus is an early-spring bulb with golden-yellow flowers. Hardy and long-lived for rock gardens, borders, and alpine troughs.
Various-coloured Crocus (Crocus versicolor): complete guide
Crocus versicolor
Discover the Various-coloured Crocus: from distinctive white-blue blooms to spring planting. A stunning early-season flowering bulb.
Cyclamen: complete guide
Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen purpurascens is a shade-loving perennial from the Alps that blooms from summer to autumn. Perfect for woodland gardens and low-maintenance borders.
Winter-aconite: complete guide
Eranthis hyemalis
Complete care guide for Winter-aconite (Eranthis hyemalis): planting, light needs, soil, bloom time and companion planting ideas for your garden.
Leafy gagea: complete guide
Gagea foliosa
Gagea foliosa is a rare Mediterranean bulb with bright yellow star-shaped flowers blooming February to March in well-drained rocky settings.
LiliaceaeTubular gagea: complete guide
Gagea fragifera
Gagea fragifera is a mountain bulb with golden-yellow star flowers blooming May to July on subalpine slopes from Europe to the Himalaya.
Primel Gladiolus: complete guide
Gladiolus dalenii
Discover the Primel Gladiolus, an African ornamental plant with stately flower spikes. Learn everything about cultivation, care, and planting in warm gardens.
Gladiolus watermeyeri: complete guide
Gladiolus watermeyeri
Sweet kalkoentjie, Gladiolus watermeyeri - rare South African bulb from Western Cape. Unique flower spikes, nutrient-poor soils. Warm zones only, excellent for gravel gardens.
Hyacinthoides hispanica: complete guide
Hyacinthoides hispanica
Discover the Spanish bluebell: a stunning spring bloomer with vivid brilliant blue flowers. Growing guide with planting, blooming period and care tips.