Planting Guide for Bulbs

Planting Guide for Common Bulbs
(summer bulbs highlighted in green)

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True Bulbs
BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BLOOMS	PLANTED	HARDY TO ZONE
Allium	Allium	Late Spring	Fall	5
Amaryllis	Belladonna Lily	Late Summer	Summer	7
Chionodoxa	Glory of the Snow	Early Spring	Fall	3
Hippeastrum	Amaryllis	Indoors-Win, Spr	Fall	8
Fritillaria	Fritillary, Crown Imperial	Spring	Fall	3
Galanthus	Snowdrop	Early Spring	Fall	3
Hyacinthus	Hyacinth	Spring	Fall	3
Iris	Dutch Iris	Spring	Fall	7
Leucojum	Snowflake	Spr, Sumr types	Fall/Spr	3
Lilium	Lily	Summer	Fall	4
Muscari	Grape Hyacinth	Spring	Fall	3
Narcissus	Narcissus, Daffodil	Spring	Fall	4
Ornithogalum	Star of Bethlehem	Summer	Fall	8 (6, some)
Scilla	Squill, Bluebell	Spring	Late Sumr	3
Tulipa	Tulip	Spring	Fall	3
Corms
BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BLOOMS	PLANTED	HARDY TO ZONE
Acidanthera	Peacock flower	Summer	Spring	7
Colchicum	Autumn crocus, Meadow saffron	Fall	Summer	5
Colocasia	Elephant's Ear	Summer	Spring	10
Crocosmia	Montebretia	Summer	Fall	7
Crocus	Crocus	Spring	Fall	3
Freesia	Freesia	Indoors-Spr	Fall	9
Gladiolus	Gladiolus, Sword Lily	Summer	Late Spr	7
Sparaxis	Harlequin Flower	Late Spr/Sumr	Spring	9
Rhizomes
BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BLOOMS	PLANTED	HARDY TO ZONE
Anemone (some)	Poppy Anemone	Summer	Spring	7
Canna	Canna	Summer	Late Spr	8
Convallaria	Lily of the Valley	Late Spring	Fall	3
Iris	Iris	Summer	Fall	4
Trillium	Wood Lily	Late Spring	Fall	5
Zantedeschia	Calla, Arum lily	Outside-Sumr	Late Spr	8
Tubers
BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BLOOMS	PLANTED	HARDY TO ZONE
Anemone	Anemone, Windflower	Spring	Fall	4
Begonia	Tuberous begonia	Summer	Late Spr	9
Caladium	Caladium	Summer	Late Spr	9
Cyclamen	Cyclamen	Spr/Sumr types	Fall	5
Eranthis	Winter Aconite	Early Spring	Fall	4
Tuberous Roots
BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BLOOMS	PLANTED	HARDY TO ZONE
Clivia	Clivia, Kaffir Lily	Indoors/Spring	Any	9
Dahlia	Dahlia	Summer	Late Spr	8
Hemerocallis	Daylily	Summer	Spring	4
Ranunculus	Persian Buttercup	Summer	Late Spr	7