Gladiolus atroviolaceus ‘Flore pleno’ OP215032
A stunner! This form has flowers with up to 30! petals.
The deepest violet color. It is sterile (at least with us) but produces bulblets.
Needs deep pot, very hot, dry position.
For the experts!
Bulb season is closed now.
Seeds available for order throughout the year
New season will open June/July 2024
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Muscari parviflorum
Ex. Cyprus
The only autumnal flowering species. Usually appears immediately after the first rain to follow by filiforme leaves. Dew to the many bulblets it produces it can become quite weedy.
Better divide it every few years in order to get more flowering stems. Prefers fertile soils.
Bulb season is closed now.
Seeds available for order throughout the year
New season will open June/July 2024
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Allium callimischon ssp. haemostictum
Ex. Crete,
A showy autumnal ssp. from Crete where it grows mainly on walls in some of the gorges. It blooms over few weeks starting early October. Easy.
Bulb season is closed now.
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Biarum tenuifolium ssp. zelbori OP28328
Ex. Turkey; Labranda
This species grows in SW Turkey and in the Islands of Rhodes, Crete and Kos.
Usually in rock pockets and crevices but also in open fields and pine forests.
Tends to form clumps.
Bulb season is closed now.
Seeds available for order throughout the year
New season will open June/July 2024
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Colchicum zahnii ‘Pink wave’
A small autumnal flowering species endemic to South Greece.
It produces first the flowers to follow by the leaves. Unlike most of the species in the Genus, C. zhanii has rhizomatous corms.
‘Pink wave’ selection tends to clump rapidly to produce an incredible amount of flowers! A real show.Bulb season is closed now.
Seeds available for order throughout the year
New season will open June/July 2024
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Scilla dimartinoi
This showy species is endemic to the Island of Lampedusa. Unlike its well known relative S. peruviana, this species has more compact growth and a large flat umbel on a short stem. Color of the flowers is pale grayish/blue which gives a nice contrast to the deep olive-green leaves with white hairs at the margins.
Bulb season is closed now.
Seeds available for order throughout the year
New season will open June/July 2024
