Re: tuberoses
- Subject: Re: tuberoses
- From: T* a* M* R*
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:18:13 +1300
Deborah Lindsay wrote:
>
> A couple of my favorites that do fine in part
> shade under trees, and are easy to aquire: Anemone coronaria
> and A. blanda, Hyacinthoides hispanicus,
> most Cyclamens.
A few more -
Any sort of Galanthus (snowdrop), In hotter climates they really enjoy
summer shade, but don't either need very much winter sun to flower. G
nivalis (numerous varieties), corsicus and elwesii are probably the
easiest.
-Anemone nemarosa (woodland anemone -windflower) several pretty mauve
and pink shades and a double white)
Perhaps not strictly a "bulb", but grow in much the same way from a
spreading rather fleshy roots and are dormant in the summer.
Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine) prefers deciduous shade I think
with a bit of sunshine for its spring flowering. Single yellow, white
and gold varieties and one yellow double. Spreads freely when happy, but
easy to weed out where not wanted.
Scilla peruviana. Seems to flower well in either sun or shade.
Tulbagia
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily) I have seen this grown and flowered
successfully against the shady wall of a house where it received no
direct sun at all. The only problem was a tendency to fall over, but
this could doubtless be ovecome by staking. E zambesica is a dwarf
species which might take shade better.
The scilla loses its leaves after flowering, but almost immediately
grows new ones. Eucomis is summer flowering and dormant in winter.
Tulbaghia flowers in summer, but is evergreen. others Winter-spring
flowering summer dormant.
All easily available to me, but of course I can't comment on this for
your area.
Moira
Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata NZ,
where it's Summer in January and Winter in July.
