Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Maiden's Blush' (Early flowering lilac 'Maiden's Blush')
Other names: Early hybrid lilac 'Maiden's Blush', Hyacinth lilac 'Maiden's Blush', French lilac 'Maiden's Blush'
'Maiden's Blush' is an upright then spreading, deciduous shrub with broadly heart-shaped, dark green leaves and panicles of reddish-purple buds opening to fragrant, pink flowers in spring.
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3m max. spread |
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3.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica (Lebanon striped squill)
Other names: Russian snowdrop, Puschkinia libanotica, Adamsia scilloides, Puschkinia hyacinthoides, Puschkinia sicula, Puschkinia
P. scilloides var. libanotica has narrow strap-shaped leaves and blue star-shaped flowers in spring.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dichelostemma ida-maia (Firecracker flower)
Other names: Brodiaea ida-maia, Crimson Californican hyacinth, Crimson satin flower, Floral firecracker, Vegetable firecracker, Dichelostemma ida maia
D. ida-maia is a bulbous perennial with narrow, arching leaves and heads of unusual, scarlet, pendulous, tubular flowers with yellow-green tips in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scilla peruviana (Peruvian scilla)
Other names: Portuguese squill, Caribbean lily, Cuban lily, Giant squill, Hyacinth of Peru
S. peruviana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen, bulbous perennial with a cluster of lance-shaped, mid-green basal leaves and racemes of nodding, deep purple-blue or white flowers in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Camassia quamash (Common camassia)
Other names: Quamash, Camasia esculenta, Bear's grass, Camas, Camash, Camass, Camosh, North American wild hyacinth, Camassia esculenta, Camassia teapeae
C. quamash is a clump-forming bulbous perennial with upright, linear leaves and spikes of star-shaped flowers that are blue, white or violet in late spring to early summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Triteleia laxa 'Koningin Fabiola' (Grassnut 'Koningin Fabiola')
Other names: Triteleia laxa 'Queen Fabiola', Brodiaea laxa 'Koningin Fabiola', California hyacinth 'Koningin Fabiola', Ithuriel's Spear 'Koningin Fabiola', Wally basket 'Koningin Fabiola', Brodiaea laxa 'Queen Fabiola'
'Koningin Fabiola' is a borderline hardy, cormous perennial with semi-erect, narrowly linear, mid-green leaves, typically dying back before the flowers bloom, and, in early summer, erect stems bearing umbels of funnel-shaped, purple-blue flowers.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody' (Common camassia 'Blue Melody')
Other names: Bear's grass 'Blue Melody', Quamash 'Blue Melody', Camassia esculenta 'Blue Melody', Camassia teapeae 'Blue Melody', North American wild hyacinth 'Blue Melody', Camass 'Blue Melody'
'Blue Melody' is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial bearing arching, broadly linear, dark green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins and erect stems bearing dense, spike-like racemes of star-shaped, blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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