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 Plant list: Bulbs
Bulb is a generic term for a range of different types of underground storage organ 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: | |
Produce wineglass-shaped flowers on a stem that rises above the leaves. Tulips are available in a huge range of different 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 (3in 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, wine goblet 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: | | 100cm to 120cm x 45cm to 25cm (3ft to 4ft x 18in to 10in) |
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There are many different dahlias, but all are very showy flowerers. 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: | | Rhizome |
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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 100cm x indefinite (2ft to 3ft x indefinite) |
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| Description: | |
Bulbous 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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