Heirloom Spring-Planted Diverse

All bulbs for spring 2013 are SOLD OUT. Order for NEXT spring starting June 1.

WHY GROW THESE DIVERSE TREASURES? Whether you seek fragrance, tropical exuberance, or something easy and different, you can find it here among our Aztec tuberoses, pixie rain lilies, crocosmia, canna, crinums, and St. Joseph’s lily (the best amaryllis for gardens). Explore and enjoy!

TIPS, RAVES, AND MORE – For planting and care advice, look for our various Tips for Success below. For tips and raves from our customers, the stories behind the bulbs, links and books, history, news, and more, see our Spring-Planted Diverse Newsletter Archives.

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INTRO TO HEIRLOOMS, SPRING Sampler

Save money and have fun with this fabulous sampler of summer-blooming bulbs. You’ll get at least $35 worth of time-tested dahlias, glads, daylilies, iris, and spring-planted diverse bulbs, all labeled and great for your area, for just $30 (plus shipping). Such a deal!

Order by USDA hardiness zone. Don’t know your zone? Click here and enter your zip code to find out. Limit one sampler per address, please.

COS45	SOLD OUT	1/$30	for zones 4-5
COS67	SOLD OUT	1/$30	for zones 6-7
COS8S	SOLD OUT	1/$30	for zone 8 South & SW
COSWC	SOLD OUT	1/$30	for zones 8-10 West Coast

MARTHA STEWART SAMPLER Sampler

Enjoy the same gorgeous, easy heirlooms that Scott planted on TV with Martha — and save 10%! (Missed the show? Watch it here.) We’ll send you 5 small-flowered ‘Atom’ gladiolus, 3 fragrant ‘Mexican Single’ tuberoses, and 1 fabulous dahlia (our choice) for bouquets. You, Martha, saving money, and a summer full of heirloom beauty — it’s a good thing! For zones 4-8S/10WC.

For additional ‘Atom’ and tuberoses and all different dahlias, order additional samplers.

COS40 SOLD OUT 1/$20 2/$38.50 3/$54.50 4/$70.50 5/$86

Canna, EHEMANII CANNA, 1863 Rarest

Graceful, spectacular, and decidedly different, this landmark canna is topped by arching sprays of dangling, bell-shaped, deep rose flowers that may remind you of fuchsias. Though widely praised by late Victorian gardeners, it doesn’t store or ship as easily as other cannas so it all but disappeared in the 20th century. But now it’s back, and it’s a thrill. 5-7’, green leaves, zones 8-11 or winter indoors, from Texas. Chart to compare.

We’re sad to say this is the ONLY canna we’re offering now, because it’s the only one we’re 100% confident is virus-free. Learn more.

SP44 SOLD OUT 1/$16.50 2/$31.50 3/$45 5/$71 Limit 5, please.

Crinum x herbertii, MILK-AND-WINE LILY, 1819? 1919?

For 60 years or more, this classic milk-and-wine lily has been multiplying without care at the family homeplace of our 70-something Louisiana grower. It’s one of the myriad forms of C. X herbertii, a cross first made in 1819 by Dean Herbert, the godfather of crinums. Its clusters of 10-20 candy-striped flowers on 3-foot stalks open wide, filling the air with fragrance, and then mature into gracefully dangling bells. Give it plenty of sun and in a few years you’ll have a huge clump blooming off and on all summer long. Big bulbs, 3-4” across, zones 7b-9bS/10WC, from Louisiana. Chart to compare.

SP41 SOLD OUT 1/$19.50 2/$37.50 3/$53.50 5/$84 10/$156 25/$351

CROCOSMIA / MONTBRETIA

As easy to grow as gladiolus, crocosmia are longer-blooming, never need staking, and their small, star-like flowers blend well into the garden and bouquets. No wonder so many gardeners today are as excited about them as gardeners were a century ago.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS: We’ll say it again — crocosmias are as easy to grow as glads. Give them well-drained soil and a sunny to lightly shaded site. They’re hardy perennials in zones 7 and warmer, or you can dig and store them like glads. Beware though: all crocosmia can become invasive in warm climates, and the original antique montbretia is especially vigorous — so please handle with care. Learn more

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, ANTIQUE MONTBRETIA, 1879 Rarest

If ‘Lucifer’ has whetted your appetite for crocosmias, give this antique original a try. When we couldn’t find true stock offered anywhere, we turned to our friends at the 1857 Manship House Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, where it’s been flourishing for generations. With cottage-garden informality and spectacular vigor, it’s a pass-along classic. Zones 7-9S/11WC or store in winter like glads, from Louisiana. Chart to compare.

SP55 SOLD OUT 3/$7.50 5/$12 10/$22.50 25/$50.50 50/$94

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, GEORGE DAVISON CROCOSMIA, 1902

This landmark yellow was introduced by head-gardener George Davison, the first Englishman to breed crocosmias. With loads of star-like, honey-gold flowers on heavily branched stems, it’s “highly recommended” by David Fenwick, former holder of the British National Collection — and us! 36”, mid-summer, zones 7-9S/10WC or store like glads, from Holland. Chart to compare.

SP42 SOLD OUT 5/$4.75 10/$9 25/$20.50 50/$38 100/$71

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, METEORE CROCOSMIA, 1887

“The Luther Burbank of France,” Victor Lemoine introduced many of the 19th century’s most exciting new lilacs, peonies, and glads — and the first named crocosmias. His fiery ‘Météore’ endures, lighting up the late summer garden with a smoldering mix of orange, red, and gold as it has for well over a century. 22-26”, zones 7-9S/10WC or store like glads, from Holland. Chart to compare.

SP43 SOLD OUT 5/$4.75 10/$9 25/$20.50 50/$38 100/$71

POLIANTHES/TUBEROSES

The Aztecs held the tuberose sacred to their goddess of art, beauty, and love. By 1730 it grew in Williamsburg; and in 1893 a Boston gardener wrote that “everyone who has a garden knows the Tuberose.”

TIPS FOR SUCCESS: Tuberoses need full sun, moist soil and plenty of nutrition to do their best. In the NORTH, we recommend growing them in pots , starting them inside and then moving them outside when nights warm up into the 60s. In the SOUTH, you can bloom them successfully in the ground, where singles often do better and bloom earlier. Plant in a hot sunny spot with well-drained soil. Keep soil moist and fertilize regularly. Learn more.

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