Bletilla striata (Hyacinth orchid)
Other names: Common bletilla
B. striata is an half-hardy perennial. It is a deciduous terrestrial orchid with sword-shaped leaves and loose spikes of nodding pink or white flowers on wiry stems in late spring to early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
Other names: Thick-foot
E. crassipes is a tender, vigorous and distinctive floating plant with broad green leaves and beautiful hyacinth-like violet flowers.
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2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Delphinium consolida 'Dwarf Hyacinth Mix' (Larkspur 'Dwarf Hyacinth')
Other names: Delphinium 'Dwarf Hyacinth Mix'
'Dwarf Hyacinth Mix' is a dwarf, upright annual that has green leaves and spikes of double blooms that come in a mix of white, pink, light blue or mauve.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lachenalia orchioides var. glaucina (Blue cape hyacinth)
Other names: Lachenalia glaucina, Lachenalia lilacina, Lachenalia orchioides subsp. glaucina, Orchiastrum glaucinum, Lachenalia pallida var. coerulescens
L. orchioides var. glaucina is a bulbous, deciduous perennial with one or two, semi-erect, lance- or strap-shaped mid-green leaves, sometimes spotted brown. Dense spikes of lightly fragrant, tubular to cylindrical, purple to blue flowers in late winter or spring.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Camassia leichtlinii 'Plum Tart' (Californian white quamash 'Plum Tart')
Other names: Large camas 'Plum Tart', Wild hyacinth 'Plum Tart'
'Plum Tart' is an upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, mid-green leaves and erect stems bearing racemes of star-shaped, purple to reddish-purple flowers in late spring to early summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Aponogeton distachyos (Water hawthorn)
Other names: Hawthorn-scented pondweed , Winter hawthorn, Water hyacinth , Cape asparagus, Cape pondweed
A. distachyos is a semi-evergreen aquatic perennial. It has floating lance-shaped leaves and in spring and again in autumn, it bears racemes of white and purple, sweetly scented flowers.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 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 |
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 |
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