Flowering Bulbs - S

Sandersonia aurantiaca

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Golden Lily of the Valley. Unusual perennials with pendulous lanterns of effervescent orange. The slightly climbing plants enjoy growing against a south-facing wall, in sun or slight shade.

Schizostylis coccinea

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More commonly known as the Kaffir Lily, Schizostylis is renowned for cheering up the garden in the autumn months. From neat clumps of thin leaves are borne beautiful flower spikes, each adorned with numerous funnel-shaped 2 inch flowers that open almost flat in the autumn sun. The vibrant red and candy-pink blooms are real treasures late in the year, and can be enjoyed as cut flowers in your home. Perennial. Bulb size 1.

Siberian Squill

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Easy to grow, sun or shade, delightful gentian blue flowers show best when planted closely in large drifts. Striking when massed in front of yellow forsythia or naturalised with daffodils. Height: 6-8 inches. Bulb size 8-9cm

Snowdrop Double-flowered

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Each flower is a masterpiece! The inside shows a double centre with a pattern of fresh green stripes. Plant in small groups and let them naturalise freely. Charming when planted in clumps in the border and rockeries, under shrubs and trees, as part of mixed planting schemes in window boxes and containers, or naturalised in grass. Very early flowering. Height: 6-8 inches. Bulb size 5-6cm. Bulbs are cultivated and not taken from the wild.

Snowdrop Single-flowered

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There's nothing more pleasurable than walking through woodland sprinkled with vibrant colour from the first flowers of a new year. Snowdrops are charming when planted in clumps in the border and rockeries, under shrubs and trees, as part of mixed planting schemes in window boxes and containers, or naturalised in grass. Bulbs are cultivated and not taken from the wild.

Spanish Bluebells

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Hyacinthoides hispanica. A treasure for woodland gardens. Exquisite white, pink and blue bell-shaped flowers dangle gracefully along the top half of the stems. Shade tolerant. Height: 15-18 inches. Bulb size 7-8cm.

Sparaxis

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Wand flower or Harlequin Flower - Sparaxis - Charming bulbous plants from the Cape of Good Hope, the many varieties coming chiefly from S. grandiflora and S. tricolor. They are about I foot high, of slender growth, and bear large showy flowers which vary from white to bright scarlet and deep crimson, usually having dark centres. Sparaxis are valuable for early-summer flowers, and should be treated like Ixias.

Sunshine Blue Mix

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This mixture will bring a cheerful burst of sunshine to your spring garden. The dainty miniature daffodils are a bright lemon yellow, growing 8-10 inches tall. The petite grape hyacinths are a lovely shade of blue and grow 6-8 inches tall. Daffodil bulb size: 8-10 cm in circumference. Grape Hyacinth bulb size: 8-9 cm in circumference.