RHS AGM The native Common Snowdrop.
Pure white flowers marked with a green V shape on the inner petals.
Honey scented.

Bulb size: 6/+cm
Flowering: Feb Mar
Height: 15cm
Position: A compact species best for naturalising in woods and amongst shrubs

RHS AGM The native Double Snowdrop.
Robust growing form with attractive double flowers.

Bulb size: 5/+cm
Flowering: Feb Mar.
Height: 15cm
Position: Best grown in damp semi-shade

‘Whistling Jacks’ The true species.
Purple-red with a white mark

Bulb size: 7/+
Flowering: May-July
Height: to 28in (70cm)

 

syn Gladiolus communis byzantinus (misapplied)
Wine red/purple flowers on upright stems

Bulb size 6/+ cm
Height to 24” (60cm)
Flowers June
Position: Hardy. Plant 8 ins deep, 6 ins apart in fertile soil

Dark rose-red hooded flowers on wiry stems

Bulb size: 10/+
Flowering: July-August
Height: 24in (60cm) 
Position: Plant in deep pots or in the border in sun

 

Soft cream-yellow sweetly scented flowers on wiry stems

Bulb size: 5/+
Flowering: May/June
Height: to 24in (60cm) 
Position: Free draining in full sun

 

Poor Man’s Iris / Barbary Nut Syn Moraea sisyrinchium
Short growing, with pretty violet-blue and white ephemeral flowers produced in succession over many weeks. A summer baking is required to ensure flowering.

Bulb size: 5/+
Flowering: May/June
Height: 4 to 8in (10 to 20 cm)
Position: Free draining in sun

The True English Bluebell.
Fragrant, deep violet blue flowers.
(It has a nodding, one-sided inflorescence of 5–12 tubular, sweet-scented violet–blue flowers, with strongly recurved tepals and 3–6 long, linear, basal leaves, and cream pollen)

Bulb size 7/+ cm
Flowering: late April to early June
Height: 30cm
Position: Plant soon after receipt 10cm deep, in a semi shade position; for naturalising. They do best on a medium to heavy soil. 
Plants in drifts through woodland or as clumps in a small garden. Do not let the bulbs dry out.

‘Widow Iris’ syn Hermodactylus tuberosus
Tall lance like leaves, with olive, dark green standards with a dark almost black fall on shorter stems amongst them. Exotic, fragrant and a dramatic cut flower. Will bulk up

Bulb size: Flowering
Flowers: March/April
Height to: 20cm / 8”

RHS AGM ‘Summer Snowflake’
A robust, selected free-flowering form. Tall stems with magnificent heads of five or more nodding bell shaped white flowers with green tips

Bulb Size 14/+ cm
Flowering: April May. 
Height: to 60cm+
Position: Prefers moist ground

RHS AGM Drooping Star of Bethlehem
Silvery-white with broad green stripe on the outside of the petals. The most outstanding of the Ornithogalum. Also as a cut flower

Bulb Size 6/+ cm
Flowering: April to May
Height: to 30cm+
Position: Easy for naturalising in drier, lighter soils. even in light shade. Plant 3" apart

Tall stems with white flowers with a green central stripe in 9in long spikes opening from the base.

Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: June
Height: to 24in (60cm)
Alternative for O. magnum when out of cultivation

Star of Bethlehem
A compact spike with 6–20 flowers white with a green stripe outside
A long lasting cut flower

Bulb Size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: April to May
Height: to 20cm+
Position:  It can be grown in a woodland garden as semi-shade is preferable. Requires moisture during winter and spring, but can tolerate summer drought.

RHS AGM Striped Squill.
Arching stems carry bell shaped flowers, of the palest blue-white and with a thin blue line along each petal.

Bulb Size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: March to May
Height: 10cm

Alpine Squill RHS AGM
Bulb produces two leaves and a spike of vivid starry blue-violet flowers. A good naturaliser

Bulb size: 5/+ cm
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6”

RHS AGM syn Scilla tubergeniana
Delicate clusters of star-shaped light blue flowers with darker stripes down each petal. Each bulb gives three or more stems with three or more flowers. Starts to flower almost as soon as soon as it emerges above ground, with the stems gradually elongating.

Bulb Size: 8/+ cm
Flowering: February or March
Height: 15cm

RHS AGM Siberian or Wood Squill
Bright violet blue pendant flowers on purplish stems. Narrow strap shaped leaves

Bulb Size: 8/+ cm
Flowering: March April. 
Height: 10cm+

White form of Siberian Squill, wiry stems topped with bell shaped flowers, best planted in drifts. Will naturalise.

Bulb size: 8/+ cm
Flowers: March-April
Height to: 10m / 4”
Best in well drained humus rich soil in semi-shade

The darkest blue form on dark stems over glossy green leaves

Bulb Size: 10/+ cm
Flowering: March/April. 
Height: 10cm+