OTHER BURIED TREASURES
A varied selection of choice bulbous plants grown here at Hill View.
Acis tingitana (syn. Leucojum tingitanum) Tall growing species from Morocco. Clusters of large,
clean white bells on arching scapes. Easy in dry spot. A rare offering. FS/1st $4.00
Arum albispathum Crimean species with glossy green, unmarked leaves and a pure white spathe
sometimes marked externally with green. Janis Ruksans collection in North Osethia. $ 4.00 or 3 for $10.00
Arum pictum The only autumn-flowering species we know of so when everything else is dying
down it is on the way up! Large maroon spathe shelters a dark purple, almost black spadix, well
above dark green, glossy foliage. FS/1st $5.00
Arum concinnatum (syn. A. nickelii) Pale green spathe, spadix pale yellow to pale cream blotched
purple. Leaves dark glossy green blotched silver grey. FS/1st $ 4.00 or 3 for $10.
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Arum dioscoridis Striking Turkish species with large green spathe heavily blotched and speckled
in velvety black-purple and green marbled leaves. Another rare offering for a dry summer nook.
FS/1st $5.00 |
Arum hygrophilum Bright green lanceolate leaves, purple spadix and hooded greenish-white
spathe finely edged in plum-purple. An elgant species native to Crete and Libya. FS/1st $5.00
Arum nigrum Compact, low growing species from Bosnia. Shining, green foliage and purpleblack,
satin spathes. Grow in light shade. FS/1st $4.00
Arum pictum The only autumn-flowe
ring species. Large maroon spathe shelters a dark purple,
almost black spadix, well above dark green, glossy foliage. FS/1st $5.00
Bellavalia dubia Tall spires of loosely spaced bells of the most brilliant ultramarine in late spring.
This particularly good form is from Sicily and is bone hardy in our hot dry summers. FS/1st $4.00
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Bellevalia pycnantha Heads of deep, inky-black, crumpled bells in loose clusters on medium tall
stems. Strangely and mysteriously beautiful - I love them! FS/1st $4.00 |
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Bloomeria crocea var crocea Airy starbursts of up to 70 flowers on 30cm stems in late spring.
Individual blooms are bright yellow with star-like petals, often with broad purple midribs in late
spring. One for the collectors. FS/1st $ 4.00 |
Brimeura amethystina A Pyrenees endemic, extending the season by bearing elegant racemes of
flowers in late spring. Like a dainty, brighter blue bluebell. Either pale blue or white available.
FS $1.50 or 3 for $3.00 or 10 for $9.00
Brunsvigia josephinae Gloriously surreal candelabrum of lipstick-red single-flower heads on a
golden stem erupts from a great fleshy barrel of a bulb in late summer Broad, blue-green leaves in
winter. Size ranges from 6yr. olds to 3yrs. First come first serve. $15.00
Brunsvigia minor (B. striata) Up to 30 deep pink to reddish flowers in a circular umbel on a
spathe to 35cm before the leaves which are bluish-green and pressed to the ground when mature.
Smallest in the genus and a true gem. FS/1st $12.00
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Chionodoxa gigantea alba Loose clusters of large, crystalline-white flowers are borne on strong
stems throughout winter. A vigorous clone which is easy to naturalise in the garden.
FS/1st $2.00 or 3 for $5.00 |
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Chionodoxa "Blue Giant" Vigorous form bearing loose clusters of large rich blue flowers
with large white centres in mid-winter when most other bulbs are still tucked away. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $8.00 |
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Chionodoxa "Pink Giant"A large, vigorous form bearing large clusters of bright pink flowers over
a long period in winter. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $7.00 |
Chionodoxa sardensis Rich gentian-blue flowers with just the hint of a small white eye, half a
dozen or so, on medium stems in mid-winter. A superb little gem from northern Turkey.
FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $7.00
Chionodoxa tmoli 3 to 4 very large blue flowers with small white centres and very broad leaves in
late winter. Possibly not a valid name but given to a race of plants found on Boz Dag in W Turkey.
One for the collectors. FS/1st $5.00
Dicentra cuccullaria. Almost a bulb, a filigree of blue-green leaves and raceme of elegant, white,
corydalis-like flowers emerge in spring from a cluster of 'rice grains'. A lovely woodlander from the
eastern states of the USA. FS/1st $6.00
Dichelostemma ida-maia Early summer bells of startling firecracker red edged green. Legendary
plant from the west coast of the USA. Very Few FS/1st $4.00
Eranthis cilicica Turkish version of the Winter Aconite. Later flowering than E. hyemalis, with richer
golden yellow flowers and early, finely divided, bronze early foliage. FS/1st $5.00
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Eranthis hyemalis This is the Winter Aconite with its acid yellow flowers and bright green ruff around the time of the winter solstice. FS $4.00 |
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Erythronium californicum Large, creamy-white flowers with a rust-red halo around a yellow throat
on tall stems in spring. Intensely mottled leaves in black and brown provide a striking contrast.
FS/1st $5.00 |
Erythronium hendersonii Lavender-pink flowers with dark anthers and a purple throat, surrounded
by a white or yellow zone. Superlative, robust species with dark mottled leaves.
Rarely offered FS/1st $7.00
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Erythronium multiscapoideum Large, long-lasting, white blooms with pale greenish yellow basal
blotch and white anthers over mottled leaves in early winter. Several flower stems arise from a
single tuber. FS/1st $ 5.00 |
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Erythronium oregonum ssp oregonum Big, white, broad flowers of great substance, with yellow
anthers on tall stems over large, mottled leaves. Limit of 1 per customer FS/1st $7.00 |
Erythronium oregonum ssp leucandrum Race with white anthers and greenish-white flowers,
often maturing pink. Striking markings in orange, dark-red or brown around yellow base blotch.
FS/1st $6.00
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Erythronium "Pagoda" Large, vigorous hybrid with numerous pale sulphur- yellow flowers over
marbled leaves in late winter. Large bulbs. FS/1st $ 5.00 |
Erythronium revolutum Easy disposition, sumptuous rose-pink flowers and heavily mottled
leaves makes this one of the most desirable and by far the best bulbs for a shady vernally moist
garden site. FS/1st $5.00
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Geranium macrostyllum A very pretty tuberous geranium widespread over the Mediteranean
region. Bears clusters of large clear to deep pink flowers on 30cm stems over much dissected
leaves. FS/1st $ 4.00 |
Geranium malviflorum Very robust, tall growing species from southern Spain bearing large, violetpurple
flowers with darker veins over a dark mat of filigree leaves in late spring-early summer.
FS/1st $5.00
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Geranium tuberosum Large violet-purple flowers veined darker in late spring. More compact with
finely divided foliage . A fine addition to the rock garden. FS/1st $ 4.00 |
Hermodactylus tuberosus The green and velvetly-black, sweetly scented flowers of the Widow
Iris have an unusual and quietly exotic charm in winter. Hardy outside in Australia. FS/1st $5.00
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Leucocoryne ixioides alba The rare albino form of the commonly-known "Chilean Glory of the
Sun". Loose clusters of open-faced, starry pure white flowers over rush-like leaves for an extended
period in spring. FS/1st $4.00 |
Muscari argaei album Large, greenish-white flowers in densely packed inflorescence, lasting
nearly a month in the open garden. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00
Muscari aucheri Bright blue, open-mouthed flowers, edged white, densely packed in mediumsized
inflorescence, short, neat foliage. The true plant, originating from seed collection at Lake
Abant, Turkey, and non-invasive. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00
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Muscari "Baby's Breath" A lovely new variety with very pale greenish- blue flowers that bring a
new colour break from the traditional colour range. FS/1st $3.00 |
Muscari botryoides album Dense spires of pure white "pearls" over an extended period in spring.
Easy and rewarding plant. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $8.00
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Muscari chalusicum Lovely native of Iran carrying dense spires of porcelain blue flowers - each
like a tiny opalescent pearl. Rare offering. FS/1st $4. |
Muscari leucostomum Barely known in cultivation, this is a central Asian species bearing striking,
very dark blue, almost black flowers over short neat foliage for an extended period through winter
and spring. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00
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Muscari macrocarpum Deliciously scented lowland counterpart of M. muscarimi. Yellow flowers from purplish-olive buds. A choice offering FS/1st $6.00 |
Muscari muscarimi Racemes of pale lemon to porcelain blue flowers from grey-tinted buds on
shorts stems. Famously scented and esteemed throughout Mediterranean civilisation and as the
name suggests, evocative of warm vanilla-musk. FS/1st $6.00
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Muscari pallens Beautiful species from the northern Caucasus bearing the latest flowers from
white to the palest of blue, often stained darker at base FS/1st $4.50 |
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Muscari species nova "Sky Blue" From the same collection and distributed by Janis Ruksans. Lower half of flower is light blue, the upper half, pure white. Strikingly beautiful combination. FS/1st $5.00 |
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Muscari weissii Amethyst-purple to pinkish lilac sterile flowers top a tall stem with caramel-brown
to bronze fertile ones lower down. Local on some Greek & Turkish islands this is a rare and striking
plant. FS/1st $5.00 |
Notholirion thomsonianum A rare and lovely member of the Lily family with pink to mauve
trumpets on delicate stems up 1m. A choice, easy Himalayan bulb given a little shade in the
garden. FS/1st $5.00
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Ornithogalum sibthorpii Dwarf plant bearing dense clusters of glistening white, starry flowers with
peppermint green stripe on reverse nestled in dark, green leaves. Choice offering. FS/1st $4.00 |
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Ranunculus ficaria "Double Gold" Can't find a name for this form. Fully double, golden-yellow
rosettes with a greenish-black reverse. FS/1st $3.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria "Collarette" Bright yellow, densely packed anemone-centre with a halo of
much broader single petals around it. FS/1st $3.50 |
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Ranunculus ficaria "Ken Aslet's Double" Fully double, white rosettes kissed pale primrose in the
centre with a dark grey reverse. FS/1st $4.00 |
Ranunculus ficaria "Green Petal" An exceptional and highly unusual form bearing fully double,
emerald green flowers splashed with a hint of yellow. FS/1st $3.50
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Scilla bifolia The earliest of all the scillas pushing up its bright blue buds into the chill of midwinter,
a perfect companion to the snowdrops. 3 for $2.50 or 10 for $6.00 |
Scilla bifolia "Norman Stevens" Discovered by Norman and the late Vic Horton in Turkish
Kurdistan it is in effect a double form with deep purple-blue colouring. Choice and still extremely
rare in cultivation. FS/1st $8.00
Scilla bithynica Bright, sky-blue heads of flowers throughout spring with neat, short strappy
leaves. Will naturalise in the garden. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $8.00
Scilla hohenackeri An Iranian species known as the "Caspian Bluebell". Early flowering with
delightful soft violet-blue flowers with deflexed segments, similar to a blue erythronium.
FS/1st $ 4.00 or 3 for $10.00
Scilla ingridiae Up to 7 lilac-blue flowers with dark midribs and anthers on ascending stems which
can number several per bulb. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00
Scilla melaina A beautiful squill from central Turkey. Fine garden plant bearing several prussianblue
flowers on 20cm stems in early spring. FS/1st $ 4.00
Scilla messanensis Spring flowers of the palest milky-blue over lush, bright green strappy foliage.
Rare listing of this very local plant from the Mani FS/1st $4.00
Scilla morrisii Loose clusters of campanulate flowers in milky-white, tinged lilac, with pale blue
anthers on erect stem. Endemic to and rare in Cyprus. FS/1st $6.00
Scilla tubergeniana A gorgeous thing with broad sessile leaves and clusters of light porcelainblue
flowers darkly striped along the mid rib. FS/1st $4.00
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Serapias neglecta A very rare and beautiful terrestrial orchid from Italy and France. Known as a
Tongue Orchid it has a pinkish-red narrow flower with a long and paler labellum. CITES regulations
have put paid to new imports. FS/1st $ 8.00 |
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Spiloxene capensis Known as the Peacock flower, it occurs in several striking colour variations.
Need full sun for them to open well and a dry summer rest to keep the small bulbs happy. Gold /
Mahogany Form FS/1st $5.00 |
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Tecophilaea cyanocrocus var. violacea Fabulous form of Chilean Blue Crocus now extinct in the
wild. Different from the form offered last year - this is the very rare deep violet form with a white
throat. A collector's item. FS/1st $25.00 |
Trillium albidum Large, creamy-white flowers, on stems to 50cm, over broad leaves, faintly
marbled in grey-green. A very distinct and robust plant for the woodland garden.
One year to flower
ing $9.00
Trillium cuneatum Mottled leaves of bottle green and brown and green, purple-tinged sepals
surround the upright petals in a range of shades from white to maroon. FS/1st $8.00
