Monday, July 11, 2011

Bulbs

I'm playing a game with myself, involving a list of common bulbed plants, their scientific name, and Google Images. So far I'm in the Bs. While I like them all fairly equally (and found out that the lilies I see so often are Alstroemeria), here's a few others I'm enjoying:

Babiana spp. (especially B. framesii)
Bessera spp.
Gladiolus spp. (of course :))
Eucomis! Really pretty, small clusters of flowers and all...

Not on the list per say, but Brodiaea californica is a nice native species.

Fun fact: the Canna plants you grow? Apparently the rhizome is rich in starch, and the seeds are a tortilla supplement.

Those silly irises you see planted in bunches in California area called Japanese/Butterfly irises.

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