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The Flints, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk IP7 7JG
Tel: 01449 741551
Email: riversidebulbs@btinternet.com


Bessera elegans

Coral Drops
Brilliant orange red lanterns in groups of 6-7 with red and cream stripes inside, held on thin stems over grassy leaves

Height to 12" (30 cm)
Flowers September/October
Bulb Size 5/+
Frost hardy keep dry over winter.

Brodiaea califórnica ‘Babylon’

Fool’s Onion
Syn Triteleia californica
Purple-pink flowers borne in clusters after the leaves have died back. Height to 24” (60cm)
Flowers May-July
Bulb size 6/+
Half-Hardy, For a pot

Calochortus uniflorus ‘Cupido’

A lilac-pink selection of this Californian native

Height
to 24” (60cm)
Flowers
August/September
Bulb size 4/+
Half-Hardy, For a pot

Dichelostemma congestum

Forktooth Ookow / Congested Snake-lily
From the USA, allium relative with a tall wiry stem bearing an egg-shaped cluster of tightly packed lavender-mauve flowers
For a well-drained soil, and dry winter dormancy

Bulb Size
5/+
Flowers April-June
Height to 24" (60 cm)
Frost hardy keep dry over winter. CAUTION Sap is Caustic.

Dichelostemma ida-maia

Firecracker’
From the USA, allium relative with up to 10 eye-catching bright red long tubular flowers and short green reflexed tips hanging down from the top of the wiry stem.
For a well-drained soil, and dry winter dormancy

Bulb Size 5/+
Flowers May-July
Height to 18" (45 cm)
Frost hardy keep dry over winter. CAUTION Sap is Caustic.

Habranthus robustus

Pink Rain Lily
Wide mouth single pale pink trumpet flowers on leafless stems

Height 18" (45 cm)
Flowers August/September
Bulb Size 7/+
Half hardy, needing a warm sunny spot and frost free winter protection

Moraea flaccida Mix

Cape Tulip
Syn Homeria flaccida

A mix of scented salmon pink and yellow flowers above narrow upright leaves. Flowers are short lived, but produced in long succession

Height to 24” (60cm)
Flowers July/September
Bulb Size 5/+ cm
Plant 3” deep in sheltered well drained soil. Protect for winter.

Oxalis deppei Iron Cross

Bright pink flowers over ground-covering shamrock type leaves with a central dark ‘Iron Cross’ blotch

Height
 6" (5 cm)
Flowers June/July
Bulb Size 5/+

Sparaxis tricolour Mix

Harlequin Flower, Wand Flower
Star shaped often bicoloured flowers in bright shades of orange, red, copper, white and yellow with bright yellow centres ringed with dark brown.
Delicate stems are good for cutting

Height to 10” (25cm)
Flowers May/June
Bulb Size 5/+ cm
Frost tender
Plant 2” deep in well-drained soil or pot in full sun

Tigridia pavonia Mix

Peacock/Tiger flower
A mix of striking, 3-petalled Flowers in scarlet, orange, pink, yellow, mauve and white flowered forms with an inner cup spotted maroon-purple.
Flowers last only a few days, but each bulb throws a succession of 6 to 8 blooms to give a long display.

Height to 24” (60cm)
Flower July to August
Bulb Size 9/+ cm
Clump forming tender perennial
Plant 3-4” deep in very well drained soil or in pots in full sun Tender bulb best lifted and stored over winter in a frost-free place

Tritelia Corrina

A spray of up to 25 longlasting six pointed star-like deep blue flowers on wiry naked stems

Height: to 14” (35cm)
Flowering: June-July
Bulb Size: 6/+
Position: Well drained soil in sun

Tritelia Queen Fabiola

A spray of up to 25 longlasting six pointed star-like violet blue flowers on wiry naked stems

Height: to 18” (45cm)
Flowering: June-July
Bulb Size: 6/+
Position: Well drained soil in sun

Zephyranthes Mix

Rain Lily
A mix of Z. candida, citrina and rosea
Dainty crocus-like flowers on thin stems in white, pink and yellow.

Height to 8-10” (15-25cm)
Flowers July to September
Bulb Size flowering