Since 1868 de Jager has been producing top quality, top sized bulbs. The large sizes do make an enormous difference, providing bigger flowers, stronger stems, and better naturalisation. Choose from over 700 varieties and transform your garden with scent and colour. Autumn Flowering Bulbs now available to order.
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Lutea
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Lutea Sternbergia, the finest of all Sternbergias, showcases large, bright yellow, globular flowers which light up autumn gardens. Leaves emerge in spring, allowing the flowers to steal the show in autumn. Once established, these become a free-flowering delight, adding a sunny glow to garden beds. Their radiant blooms, like golden orbs, brighten the landscape, bringing warmth and cheer to cooler days. A true garden treasure.
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Angustifolius
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Known as ‘Cloth of Gold’, Crocus ‘Angustifolius’ is one of the oldest species of Crocus known, with records dating back to 1587.
Petals of brilliant deep orange-yellow are prominently marked with rich mahogany veins, creating a striking look when viewed up close, and when flowering as a sweeping golden carpet during February and March.
Native to Southern Ukraine and Armenia, Crocus ‘Angustifolius’ has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society for its winning looks and excellent performance. This short-stemmed beauty attracts a host of early pollinators when it blooms each spring, wonderful planted in large patches or ribbons and as part of an early spring container display.
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Bifolia
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Scilla Bifolia, also known as Squill, beguiles with petite, deep blue flowers which form dainty clusters. Resilient blooms flourish in early spring, heralding the season with their vibrant presence. Perfect for naturalising, they spread gracefully across gardens, creating a delicate carpet of blue. Ideal for woodland gardens or rockeries, Scilla Bifolia thrives in both sun and shade, bringing a touch of wild, natural beauty to cultivated spaces.
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Flower Record
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Large goblets of opulent deep purple flowers bring a splash of welcome colour early on in the season with Crocus ‘Flower Record’.
This beautiful variety will naturalise easily in the garden, whether in an open grassy area, beneath a mature tree or in the border. Excellent for wildlife gardens and attracting spring pollinators such as bumblebees and hoverflies when they bloom during February and March.
The pretty violet cups open fully in warm sunshine, showing off the glorious golden stamens within and close up as the sun goes down to protect their treasure.
Bold and colourful Crocus look wonderful planted in large drifts to celebrate the beginning of spring.
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Armeniacum Marleen
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Imagine a sea of very large, deep cobalt-blue flowers, their strong perfume wafting through the garden on a warm spring day. This robust variety is perfect for naturalising, creating a vibrant, aromatic landscape. Bold cobalt hues captivate any onlooker, making a striking addition to any garden. Resilience ensures a return year after year, enhancing your garden with steadfast beauty and intoxicating fragrance.
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Italicum
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Known as ‘Lords and Ladies’, Arum ‘Italicum’ is a sculptural groundcover plant with year-round garden interest.
Large, waxy, spear-shaped foliage with a marbled surface is held by the plants all year round, complemented with greenish-white hooded flower spathes in spring, and brilliant orange-red (toxic) berries in autumn.
This fascinating, clump-forming perennial is perfect for naturalising in shaded or sunny areas and prefers damp, well-drained fertile soil.
Arum ‘Italicum’ has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit for its winning attributes and long season of interest.
Plant as a striking, enchanting green carpet in a woodland garden, or beneath a hedge or large shrub.
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Tataricum
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Ixiolirion Tataricum captivates with ethereal sky-blue flowers perched atop robust, slender stems. These delicate blooms, with their graceful form and soft hue, are a florist’s dream, adding a touch of serene beauty to any arrangement. Flourishing in well-drained soil, this resilient plant brings a tranquil elegance to rock gardens and borders. Its refined, azure blossoms invite admiration and inspire gardeners to cultivate this graceful and versatile flower.
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Blue Candle
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Large, eye-catching spikes of lavender-blue, star-shaped flowers rise up during May and June on Camassia ‘Blue Candle.’
This statuesque cultivar produces stems up to a metre in height and is perfect for naturalising in a large border, or through long grass in dappled shade. Moist, well-drained soil is a must for Camassias. Plant the bulbs in groups or swathes for a generous display of soft summer blues.
The bee-friendly florets open from the base of stems upwards, giving a long-lasting display. Beautiful planted next to early summer Alliums for a harmonious and attractive display of colour and shape.
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Multiflowering Blue
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Specially bred to produce multiple stems of loosely set, fragranced floral bells, this Multiflora blue Hyacinth is perfect for forcing for indoor pot displays.
Forced bulbs are wonderful for bringing the outdoors indoors, so you may enjoy the splendour and fragrance of exquisite flowers in early spring, even when the weather is inclement outside.
We recommend potting your bulbs in late autumn, before placing in a cool dark area to produce strong roots and delay flowering. Bring your containers out of storage between 12 and 16 weeks and place them in a warm, bright spot. The stems will grow rapidly, swelling with buds which burst into bloom at 3-4 weeks.
To enhance the natural look, cover the soil surface with moss and use twigs as support if stems require.
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Solida
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Dainty beauty, Corydalis ‘Solida’ brings colour to the darkest corners with light-mallow purple flowers, held on fleshy pink stems up to 20cm tall.
Deeply cut, ferny foliage provides a lush green backdrop for the intriguing, tubular blooms to shine against when they flower during March and April.
Corydalis ‘Solida’ has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the RHS for its exceptional garden qualities; it is an invaluable plant for providing interesting, colourful groundcover in tricky spaces.
Suitable for rockeries, shady woodland borders and pathways where these rewarding gems will flourish and naturalise happily.
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Forbesii
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Chionodoxa ‘Forbesii’ is an early spring beauty, which quickly spreads to form a beautiful carpet of blue with its pretty, star-shaped blooms.
A perfect plant for shaded areas of the garden, requiring a dash of colour and illumination. Delicate, rich blue flowers feature a glowing, almost-white centre to each bloom.
Known as ‘Glory of the Snow’, for these beautiful flowers bloom between February and March, providing a welcome rush of colour during some of the coldest months.
Excellent for rockeries, containers, and for growing near the front of the border where the colourful cushions of intricate blooms will not be missed.
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Dens Canis Lilac Wonder
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A charming spring bloom which bears dainty, lilac-rose flowers with striking, chocolate-brown basal spots. As the nodding blooms mature, their colourful petals fold back, exposing pollen-dusted anthers to bees and pollinators.
Attractive foliage is marbled green and purplish brown, appearing in clumps from which the delicate-looking, hardy blooms spring up during March and April.
Perfect for naturalising in shaded areas, nestled beneath trees and shrubs.
Erythronium are better known as Dog’s Tooth Violets, for their bulbs resemble canine teeth.
‘Dens Canis Lilac Wonder’ is a recipient of the Award of Garden Merit from the RHS for its exquisite looks and excellent, perennial performance.
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Tripedale
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Nectaroscordum tripedale enchants with dense clusters of 20 to 30 delicate, pink and white bell-shaped flowers. Each bloom contributes to a beautiful, cascading display, creating a soft, romantic ambiance in any garden. The pastel hues blend harmoniously, adding a touch of grace and charm. Ideal for borders or as a focal point, this plant's lush, abundant flowers offer a captivating visual feast which will inspire and delight gardeners.
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Meleagris Alba
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Fritillaria Meleagris Alba, with delicate, pristine white blossoms, evokes a sense of purity and tranquillity in any garden. Graceful bell-shaped flowers, speckled with subtle green veins, sway gently in the breeze, creating an ethereal display. This vigorous grower thrives in moist, well-drained soil and dappled sunlight, adding a touch of elegance to shady borders and woodland settings. The understated beauty and reliable growth make this plant a cherished addition for gardeners seeking a serene and enchanting landscape.
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Ard Schenk
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Pure white, long-lasting flowers open wide like petite waterlilies during March on delicate Crocus ‘Ard Schenk’.
Named after a famous speed skater from the Netherlands, these icy beauties are a wonderful welcome to spring when they flower as a ribbon of white through the border and naturalised in grassy areas.
The petals feature deep purple streaks on the outside and a glowing yellow throat. Rich golden stamens are held inside each cup, attracting pollinators from far and wide.
Can also be grown in containers and make a great addition to mixed spring pots as one of the first varieties to bloom.
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Yellow Giant
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The gilded goblets of Crocus ‘Golden Yellow’ are perfect for introducing a splash of warm sunshine early on in the year.
This striking variety will naturalise beautifully in the garden, in an open grassy area, beneath a mature tree or in the border. Excellent for wildlife gardens and invaluable for attracting the first spring pollinators, such as bumblebees and hoverflies.
The petite, cup-shaped flowers open fully in warm sunshine during February and March, showing off their glorious golden stamens and close up as the sun goes down to protect their bounty.
Pretty Crocus look wonderful planted in abundance, in generous, colourful drifts to celebrate the start of spring.
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Oxonian
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Large, soft-purple flowers with deep blue veining bloom atop bare stems during September and October on Crocus ‘Oxonian’.
A cluster of bold orange anthers are held in the centre of each goblet-like bloom, attracting bees and pollinators late into the season as the flowers open wide in autumn sunshine.
Scatter the bulbs to flower in exquisite purple drifts through grass or garden borders, and edge pathways with their pretty cup-shaped blooms in amethyst tones, shining against a backdrop of late-flowering perennials and foliage.
Crocus ‘Oxonian’ will naturalise readily in rich, well-drained soil in full sun or dappled shade.
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Blue Melody
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A striking Camassia with intense, deep-blue flowers and variegated foliage. ‘Blue Melody’ is a perfect choice of bulb to weave into a harmonious planting scheme of early summer blues.
A bed of grass-like gold and green, striped foliage appears during spring, from which the flower spikes emerge in May. Stems up to 35cm tall bear the star-shaped blooms, each with a beaded green eye and sprinkling of golden stamens in their centre.
Plant the bulbs in moist, well-drained soil, ideally through long grass or a border where they are sure to not be disturbed, providing a delightful swathe of hazy blue in May and June.
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Elwesii
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The greater snowdrop is a strong and robust variety which naturalises easily and can be relied on for years to come in the garden.
Stems of single white flowers, up to 15cm tall, bloom in January and February and are a welcome sign of spring when little else is blooming outdoors.
Snow-white, pointed petals hang downwards, beneath which emerald-green markings of the inner segments can just be seen.
If spring arrives early with a spell of warm, sunny days, the flowers may be fleeting and will last longer during a period of extended cold weather.
A delicate, yet extremely hardy cultivar which has been granted an Award of Garden Merit by the RHS.
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Elwesii Mount Everest
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Often first to flower during late winter, the clumps of delicate, pure white blooms set off by silvery-green foliage make Galanthus elwesii Mount Everest a must-have for the garden.
Standing 20cm tall, these snowdrops are a little larger than most varieties and will naturalise with ease in the border or amongst grass.
Galanthus thrive in moist conditions and humus-rich, well-drained soil. A spot in dappled shade, beneath mature, deciduous trees and shrubs is perfect.
Snowdrops are also happy to be grown in pots. Top the earth with moss for a natural display and place the containers in a sheltered position.
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Cilicica
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The golden, buttercup-like blooms of Eranthis ‘Cilicica’ are a welcome sight, introducing a pop of cheerful colour to the garden, during the darkest months of the year.
Winter aconites flower during January and February, producing valuable, colourful groundcover. These sunny gems thrive in areas of dappled shade, in moist, fertile soil and will multiply easily beneath the ground.
Eranthis ‘Cilicica’ produces finely cut, attractive bronzed-yellow foliage and flowers slightly later than the popular, more commonly seen cultivar ‘Hyemalis’
Plant the corms amongst Snowdrops and Crocus for a charming, late winter tapestry, blooming beneath mature trees or in a woodland border.
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Aucheri Blue Magic
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The distinctive blue flowers of Muscari Aucheri Blue Magic offer a mesmerising addition to any garden. Long-lasting and vibrant, these blossoms create a picturesque scene which endures throughout the season. Each delicate petal contributes to the overall splendour, making them a perfect choice for gardeners seeking enduring beauty. The charming blue hue evokes tranquillity, adding a serene touch to borders, rock gardens, or containers.
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Dens Canis Purple King
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A bewitching spring bloom, better known as the Dog’s Tooth Violet, Erythronium ‘Dens Canis Purple King’ will bring sweetness and charm to shady areas of your garden during March and April.
Nodding, cyclamen-purple flowers, on stems up to 10cm tall bloom from a rosette of broad, heavily mottled leaves. The elegant petals recurve gracefully, exposing long stamens with purple-tipped anthers.
These fascinating perennials are invaluable for adding intrigue and interest to bare corners of the garden. Plant the bulbs, shaped like canine teeth, in groups under the dappled shade of mature trees or shrubs where they will settle and multiply over the years.
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Meleagris Mixed
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Fritillaria Meleagris Mixed offers a vibrant tapestry of colours, from creamy whites and soft lavenders to deep maroons. Each blossom is intricately chequered, displaying a mesmerising pattern which captivates the eye. These hardy plants thrive in moist, humus-rich soil, flourishing in partially shaded areas. Nodding, bell-shaped flowers emerge in early spring, bringing a burst of colour and charm. Perfect for naturalising in meadows or woodland gardens, this mix enchants with diverse and striking visual appeal.
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Elwesii Polar Bear
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Several qualities make Elwesii Polar Bear an unusual snowdrop for the garden.
The flowers bloom later than most Galanthus, during February to March, which make this cultivar a great option for extending magical snowdrop season and stand taller than most varieties too, at 20-30cm.
Large, pure white blooms face outwards from the stems, rather than straight down, allowing the pretty green markings on the inner segments to be more visible.
The bulbs are also large and should be planted in autumn into moist, fertile soil. Snowdrops grow best in shade or semi-shaded areas – ideal for woodland gardens and for illuminating a dark corner of the garden.
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Sativus
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This exquisite Crocus is the variety used to produce the luxurious and highly prized spice, saffron. Crocus ‘Sativus’ puts on a show-stopping display in the autumn garden, when its lilac, cup-shaped flowers bloom, opening wide to expose the long brilliant-red pistils.
Dark purple veining streaks the lighter-shaded petals - details which must be seen up close to be appreciated and which allow the brightly coloured stamens to pop.
Scatter the bulbs to flower in colourful, naturalistic drifts through grass or garden borders, adding interest to the autumn garden when all else if often starting to fade.
Crocus ‘Sativus’ will naturalise beautifully in rich, well-drained soil in full sun.
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Bifolia Rosea
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Scilla Bifolia Rosea offers a dreamy display of pale lilac to lavender blue blooms, contrasting beautifully with spinach-green leaves. Delicate flowers appear early in the spring, adding a soft, ethereal touch to gardens. Perfect for naturalising, they spread easily, forming charming clusters which brighten shady spots and woodland edges. Their subtle colour and graceful form make them a lovely addition to rockeries and borders, evoking a sense of tranquil elegance.
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Chrys. Advance
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Unusual, two-toned Crocus chrysanthus ‘Advance’ features petals in complimentary tones of creamy-yellow with lilac-mauve shading, beautifully ignited by glowing orange stamens.
The pretty, goblet-shaped blooms create a striking effect when grown as a swathe of rich colour running through open grassy areas and a colourful sweep near the front of spring borders.
A wonderful harbinger of spring, Crocus are often one of the first flowers to bloom during February and March. These delicate bulbs also make a great addition to pots and containers – plant them as a lower storey to Tulips, Hyacinths and Narcissi.
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Cusickii
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Pretty, star-shaped blooms of wisteria-blue with pale, golden anthers adorn tall, elegant stems on Camassia ‘Cusickii’ during June, opening from the base of stems upwards.
Rising up from a rosette of broad, glaucous foliage, the colourful spires of this heirloom variety add a dreamy feel to the early summer garden.
Excellent for meadow areas and wild, naturalistic planting schemes, the bee-friendly blooms also make wonderful cut flowers.
Plant the bulbs in sun or part-shade, in well-drained, rich soil. Planting in groups or clusters is recommended for an impactful display.
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Hyemalis
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Eranthis ‘Hyemalis’ will reliably push cups of sunny colour up through earth and grass, and even through a covering of snow during January and February.
This uplifting garden gem is valuable for brave, early pollinators and for bringing a wave of warm colour during the coldest, darkest months of the year. Buttercup-like flowers hug the ground closely, blooming from rosettes of finely cut, lacy foliage.
Plant the tubers in humus-rich, moist, soil, in the shade of mature, deciduous trees or shrubs, or in woodland areas where the plants will thrive in dappled shade and naturalise happily.
Combines well with the bulbs of Crocus, Snowdrops and Iris to produce a delicate winter symphony of colour.
Eranthis ‘Hyemalis’ holds a prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the RHS for its exceptional garden qualities.
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Aucheri White Magic
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As the first white cultivar of the grape hyacinth, Muscari Aucheri White Magic stands out with pure, alabaster blooms. Suitable for pots, the sturdy, short leaves showcase clusters of pristine white flowers. This vigorous variety is long-lasting and brings an elegant touch to any garden space. Perfect for creating a sophisticated, serene atmosphere, these flowers are a testament to timeless beauty and resilience.
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Dens Canis Rose Queen
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A superb, early flowering Dog’s Tooth Violet - ‘Dens Canis Rose Queen’ produces elegant, nodding blooms in a delicate shade of clear pink. The petals are speckled with yellow or brown markings towards the heart.
Long, purple-tipped anthers are suspended from the centre of each 2 in. bloom, attracting bees and early spring pollinators.
Stems are reddish umber, matching the mottled markings on wide, exotic-looking, green foliage which is held until summer.
Plant the bulbs in groups beneath deciduous trees and shrubs, or tuck into a shady, moist border where they will plug gaps and naturalise beautifully over the years.
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Nivalis
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Known as the common, single snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis puts on a reliable and unmissable display in the garden year after year.
Flowering when little else dares to break soil in January, this pretty and dainty snowdrop stands just 15cm tall. Simply enchanting growing in swathes and groups through grass and beneath trees.
This wild species snowdrop holds a prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the RHS for garden excellence, beauty and health and is a steadfast, top choice for gardeners.
The bulbs are quick to establish in sun or shade and will naturalise with ease in any moist, well-drained soil.
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Speciosus Albus
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Pure white petals unfold during autumn, revealing a pretty cluster of rich-orange stamens on Crocus ‘Speciosus Albus’.
One of the first Crocus to bloom in September, this charming variety has been granted an Award of Garden Merit from The Royal Horticultural Society for its reliability, ethereal looks and excellent garden qualities.
Leaves appear in spring and fade during summer before the elegant flowers bloom, topping smooth bare stems.
These unusual Croci are invaluable for late season interest in the garden and look exquisite flowering in ribbons or clumps through the front of an autumn border and in grass beneath a mature tree.
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Imperialis Orange Beauty
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Fritillaria Imperialis Orange Beauty dazzles with vivid, bright orange-red, bell-shaped flowers. Each blossom radiates fiery energy which invigorates the garden, transforming it into a vibrant tapestry of colour. The flowers hang gracefully from sturdy stems, constructing a dramatic, an enchanting cascading effect. Orange Beauty's dynamic presence and bold colouring make this essential for gardeners looking to add a splash of brilliance and life to their spring landscapes, ensuring a garden pulsing with vivid hues.
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Mischtschenkoana
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Scilla Mischtschenkoana dazzles with delicate light blue flowers, each petal adorned with darker stripes, creating a striking contrast. Early bloomers bring a touch of elegance to gardens, flourishing in clusters which capture the eye. Ideal for naturalising, they spread gracefully, enhancing both sunlit and shaded areas. Their subtle beauty and intricate detailing make them perfect for rock gardens, woodland areas, and borders, offering a refined and understated charm.
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Jeanne d'Arc
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Crocus ‘Jeanne d’Arc’s pure white goblets are a wonderful marker that spring is well on its way when they flower for 3-4 weeks during February and March, often magically pushing their way through a bed of snow.
These fresh and ethereal blooms are brilliant for naturalising in the garden, in open grassy areas, beneath mature trees and in a spring border.
Invaluable for attracting early pollinators to the garden, such as bumblebees and hoverflies. The pretty cups open wide in warm sunshine, bearing their golden gifts of nectar and pollen, and fold back up as the sun goes down.
Crocus look wonderful planted in abundance, in generous swathes announcing the start of spring.
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Lucillae
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Loose spikes of delicate, sky-blue flowers bloom in profusion on Chionodoxa ‘Luciliae’ during February and March. This intricate beauty is the perfect choice to brighten a dull corner of the garden – ideal for rockeries, alpine borders and for planting beneath large shrubs or trees in dappled shade. Chionodoxas are also wonderful for growing in containers as a pretty, low-growing carpet, from which later flowering bulbs such as Tulips can emerge.
Bulbs will naturalise well in fertile, well-drained soil, returning year after year with their eye-catching show of dazzling blue.
Chionodoxa ‘Luciliae’ has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the RHS for its exceptional garden qualities.
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Chrys. Blue Marlin
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Crocus Chyrs. Blue Marlin boasts delicate light blue flowers adorned with enchanting mauve markings on the outer petals and a sunny yellow centre. This crocus variety creates a striking contrast against early spring's backdrop. Plant in well-drained soil and full sun for a captivating display. Their subtle beauty and vibrant centres make these a gardener’s dream, perfect for brightening borders and rock gardens.
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Leichtlinii Alba
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June flowering, pure white Camassia ‘Leichtlinii Alba’ is a garden treasure, perfect for planting to sparkle in long, grassy areas of garden.
Star-like, glittering ivory florets are clustered along tall, strong stems, lasting for several weeks. Opening upwards from the base of their stems, the blooms make wonderful, graceful cut flowers.
The bulbs of Camassias are most happy in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil in sun or part shade and are ideal for naturalising in generous drifts through the garden.
Early-summer Alliums make brilliant bedfellows for Camassias, the contrast between colour and shape work well in both modern and traditional planting schemes.
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Aucheri Magic Mix
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Transform your garden into a magical carpet with the long-lasting blooms of Muscari Aucheri Magic Mix. This delightful blend of blue and white flowers creates a captivating display which enchants every passerby. The mix ensures a dynamic and visually appealing garden, with each colour complementing the other. Ideal for borders or containers, this variety offers a whimsical, fairy-tale charm which brings joy and wonder to your outdoor space.
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Dens Canis Snowflake
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Erythronium Dens Canis Snowflake dazzles with its pure white flowers and mottled leaves. This enchanting plant thrives in partial shade and well-drained soil, adding a touch of pristine elegance to woodland gardens. The snow-white blooms stand out against the rich, variegated foliage, creating a stunning visual contrast. Plant these delicate flowers to bring a sense of purity and serenity to your garden, enchanting all who see them.
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Nivalis Flore Pleno
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Galanthus nivalis Flore Pleno is an exquisite variety of double flowering snowdrop.
Turn the pretty white nodding blooms upside down to see an intricate, ruffled arrangement of green and white petals and markings. The flowers are lightly scented too.
Stems reach 15cm in height and flower during January and February. Can be grown next to other snowdrop varieties and crocus for a delightful spring display in open grass, borders and containers.
Prefers a sheltered position in light shade where the bulbs will establish undisturbed and multiply beautifully.
Holds an Award of Garden Merit for plant excellence.
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Chrys. Cream Beauty
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Dainty, yet long-lasting Crocus chrysanthus ‘Cream Beauty’ is perfect for adding a touch of soft yellow to the garden in spring.
Opening up like creamy-white waterlilies in full sun, the cup-shaped flowers are shaded lilac on the outer petals and are flushed with a glowing ochre-yellow centre.
Blooming during February and March, Crocus ‘Cream Beauty’ adds a warm wash of soft colour when it emerges. Looks especially striking when grown as a drift through open grass. The small bulbs will spread and naturalise easily.
Prize-winning Crocus chrysanthus ‘Cream Beauty’ has been granted an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for vigour, reliability and stylish looks.
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Peruviana
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Scilla Peruviana spellbinds with abundant clusters of star-shaped violet-blue flowers. Striking blooms create a captivating display, turning gardens into a sea of vibrant colour. Perfect for borders and containers, their robust nature ensures a long-lasting show. As an excellent naturaliser, Scilla Peruviana spreads gracefully, enhancing any garden with lush, exotic beauty. The multitude of tiny, starry blossoms adds a touch of whimsy and elegance to spring gardens.
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Pickwick
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Blooming from February and into March, Crocus ‘Pickwick’ is a wonderful way of announcing spring is in the air with its colourful, carnival stripes.
The striking bowls of soft, silvery lavender, striped with rich violet open up on warm days, welcoming pollinators in, drawn towards their golden stamens.
Classic spring Crocus are wonderful bulbs for naturalising in the garden, in open grassy areas, beneath mature trees and in borders. Plant in generous swathes to create ribbons of wondrous colour.
These drought tolerant, hardy bulbs prefer full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. They can also be grown in pots and containers for the patio or garden table, where their intricate beauty can be appreciated up close
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Leichtlinii Blue Heaven
M5207
The airy spires of sky-blue Camassia ‘Leichtlinii Blue Heaven’ are a welcome sight when blooming amongst long grass, proudly announcing the start of summer.
This blissful Camassia produces delicate, spidery florets of icy blue with pronounced golden stamens, clustered along slender stems up to 65cm tall. The flower spikes are wonderful for cutting, adding texture and height to seasonal bouquets and flower arrangements.
Plant the bulbs in clusters or ribbons through meadow areas and garden borders, in moisture retentive soil to glow in the sun and dance in the June breeze.
A useful and striking plant to fill the gap between spring bulbs and summer-flowering perennials.
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Lucillae Alba
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Loose clusters of gleaming, snow-white flowers adorn stems up to 15cm tall throughout February and March on glorious Chionodoxa ‘Luciliae Alba’.
This pretty, pure white cultivar will create snowy mounds of star-shaped blooms, ideal for illuminating virtually any garden space. Perfect for rockeries, borders, containers and alpine gardens. Mix with the bulbs of other dainty spring beauties, such as Crocus, Muscari and Snowdrops for a textured garden tapestry.
Chionodoxas thrive in sun or shade, in well-drained, fertile soil where they will naturalise happily and return with a more floriferous display, year after year.
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Dens Canis Mixed
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Erythronium Dens Canis Mixed offers a breathtaking array of lilac, pink, purple, and white flowers. Thriving in partial shade and well-drained soil, these vibrant blooms create a kaleidoscope of colours in the garden. The varied hues and graceful forms bring lively and dynamic beauty to woodland gardens. This mix adds a diverse and colourful display which delights and inspires, perfect for any garden enthusiast.
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Nivalis Viridapice
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A vigorous variety of snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis viridapice features pretty, solitary white pendant blooms with green-tipped petals.
The large and gently fragrant flowers appear during January and February, on stems up to 15cm tall and are a welcome sign of spring approaching.
This relatively rare and striking snowdrop holds a prestigious Award of Garden Merit, granted by the RHS as a mark of garden excellence.
Thrives in sun or light shade, in moderately moist, well-drained fertile soil.
Snowdrops are a wonderful choice for naturalising in grass, beneath trees and shrubs and in woodland borders.
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Chrys. Fuscotinctus
C2125
Free-flowering Crocus chrysanthus ‘Fuscotinctus’ opens up under the warmth of late winter sun - the tiny, delicate flowers comprised of 3 feathered plum-purple outer petals, and 3 smaller lemon-yellow petals.
The intricate beauty of these golden blooms must be viewed up close to appreciate their exquisite beauty, and when a sweeping mass of Fuscotinctus is in full bloom, they are a heavenly sight to behold.
This pretty heirloom Crocus is perfect for naturalising, attracting pollinators, and for adding a cheerful swathe or pop of yellow to the garden so early on in the year.
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Remembrance
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Crocus ‘Remembrance’ produces an abundance of amethyst-violet flowers, which bloom during February and March, for a long-lasting and colourful display in the home.
A silvery gloss makes the exquisite flowers gleam as they open wide in the spring sunshine, exposing bright orange stamens.
Plant the bulbs in November or December and keep pots in a cool dark place for 12 weeks before bringing out of storage and placing in a warm, bright spot where they will quickly bloom.
For a naturalistic look to your indoor displays, you can cover the bare soil after planting with moss.