Allium moly
This flowering onion is an ornamental onion which is noted for its star-shaped, 1/2" diameter, bright yellow flowers which appear in loose clusters (umbels) atop leafless stalks (9-15" tall) in late spring and its flat, tulip-like, blue-green, . [... more]
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Allium schoenoprasum
Chives are small bulbous perennials which are commonly used as culinary herbs to impart mild onion flavor to many foods, including salads, soups, vegetables and sauces. Plants also have good ornamental value. Features thin, tubular, grass-like, ... [... more]
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Allium tuberosum
Garlic chives is a clump-forming onion family member which may be grown for both culinary and ornamental purposes. Features chive-like, gray-green leaves up to 12" long which may be used in cooking in the same manner as chives (Allium ... [... more]
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Anemone blanda 'Blue Star'
These Grecian windflowers are one of the earlier harbingers of spring. The apetulous (no petals) flower heads of this cultivar are 2.5" in diameter and have 9-14 showy, intense blue sepals. Foliage is deeply cut and fern-like. Plants will ... [... more]
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Bletilla striata
Chinese ground orchid is a terrestrial orchid which produces small, cattleya-like, pinkish-purple flowers (to 1.5" long) in 3-7 flowered racemes atop naked scapes typically rising to 18" tall. Blooms mid to late spring. Each pseudobulb [... more]
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Camassia leichtlinii
Best grown in moist, fertile, acidic, humusy soils in full sun to part shade. Does best in full sun. Plant bulbs 4-6" deep and 6" apart in fall. Needs regular moisture during the spring growth and bloom, but will tolerate drier conditions after [... more]
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Kemper Code: R370
One bulb produces a terminal spike of star-shaped flowers (20-80 flowers per spike) which rise to a height of 3-4' from a 2' tall clump of narrow (1" wide), linear, strap-shaped leaves (up to 2' long) which are somewhat grassy in appearance. ... [... more]
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Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'
Best grown in fertile, humusy, organically rich, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Full sun generally brings out the best leaf color for this cultivar. However, in the hot summers of the St. Louis area, plants appear to do best in ... [... more]
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Crocosmia 'Emberglow'
This montbretia hybrid features sword-shaped, basal foliage (2-2.5' tall) which resembles gladiolus or iris and nodding, tubular, somewhat star-like, burnt orange flowers (1-2") which appear in summer above the foliage on the upper portions of ... [... more]
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Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
This montbretia cultivar is an Alan Bloom hybrid (Crocosmia x Curtonus) which has flowers and foliage that are similar to gladiolus. A clump-forming plant that features tubular, nodding, scarlet red, one-sided flowers borne along the upper ... [... more]
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Crocus x luteus 'Golden Yellow'
Crocuses are among the most widely grown early spring bulbs (actually corms). Crocus x luteus is the common yellow-flowering crocus. Each corm produces several upright, cup-like, yellow to orange-yellow flowers with thin olive-green striping on ... [... more]
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Crocus vernus
Eastern Europe, western Russia Purple or white Brings early spring bloom to the landscape. Mass in lawns, under trees or in sunny woodland areas. Large sweeping drifts can be spectacular. Also may be grouped in rock gardens, in front of shrubs, ... [... more]
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