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OTHER BURIED TREASURESA varied selection of choice bulbous plants grown here at Hill View. Acis nicaeense (syn. Leucojum nicaeense) Only found in SE France and all but extinct in the wild. Spring-flowering with wide white bells on 15cm stems. Now reclassified in a separate genus along with most of its tribe. FS/1st $ 5.00 Acis tingitanum (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 Acis valentinum (syn. Leucojum valentinum) Flaring, milky-white flowers on 20 cm stems in autumn. rather like a large L. nicaeense with thready prostrate leaves. A fine garden species FS/1st $ 5.00 Arum albispathum Crimean species with glossy green, unmarked leaves and a pure white spathe sometimes marked externally with green. From a Janis Ruksans collection in North Osethia. Very Few FS/1st $ 4.00 Arum hygrophilum Very attractive, elgant plant with bright green lanceolate leaves, purple spadix and hooded greenish-white spathe finely edged in plum-purple. FS/1st $5.00 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 purpureospathum Dark green, hastate leaves with large dark silky- purple spathe. A beautiful species from Crete and an excellent garden plant. FS/1st $5.00 Bellavalia dubia The plants produces a spire of loosely-spaced bells of the most brilliant ultramarine in late spring. This particular species is from Sicily and is bone hardy in our hot dry summers. FS/1st $4.00 Brimeura amethystina A Pyrenees endemic, extending the season by bearing elegant racemes of pale blue flowers in late spring. Like a dainty, bright er blue bluebell. FS $3.00 or 3 for $8.00 Brimeura fastigiata An exquisite little species from Corsica and the only other to share the genus.
Dense spikes of wide-open tiny bells in lilac-pink to white in late spring.
Rare offering FS/1st $3.00
Chionodoxa "Pink Giant" A large, selected form of C. gigantea with tall racemes of many bright pink flowers. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $7.00 Chionodoxa sardensis A superb species from N. Turkey its rich gentian-blue flowers and a splash of a small white eye conifer upon it the crystalline, almost diaphanous quality of a living gem. Corydalis integra Beautiful divided, very glaucous foliage and long racemes of spurred white or
pale pink flowers strikingly set off by black-purple tips. Limit of one per customer FS/1st $8.00 Dichelostemma ida-maia Legendary plant which flowers in summer after the leaves. Startling firecracker red bells edged green. Very Few FS/1st $4.00
Erythronium dens canis "Frans Hals" First time offer of this special selection In Australia. Large imperial purple flowers with greenish-bronze base surrounded by a yellow ring. Limit of 1 per customer FS/1st $8.00
Geranium malviflorum Very robust, tall growing species from southern Spain that bears large, violet-purple flowers with darker veins over a dark mat of filigree leaves in late spring-early summer. FS/1st $5.00 Geranium linearlobum ssp transversale Large, violet-purple flowers over finely dissected leaves in late spring. Collected by Janis Ruksans from Mt Chimgan in Uzbekistan. FS/1st $ 5.00 Geranium tuberosum Relatively big flowers of violet purple veined darker. A little later than the preceding two species and more compact. A fine addition to th e rock garden. FS/1st $ 4.00 Hermodactylus tuberosus Green and velvetly-black Widow Iris is a fragrant tuberous species that bears unusual and quietly exotic blooms in winter. Hardy outside in Australia. FS/1st $5.00 Merendera montana An easy and uncommon little autumn flowering bulb closely related to colchicums. Neat, bright purplish-pink flowers which open flat, followed by a few dark narrow leaves. Good Increaser FS/1st $ 4.00
Muscari azureum (R&R Wallis 93-28) A very local plant in the wild and close to M. chalusicum.
Dense, cylindrical racemes of open-mouth, sky-blue bells on medium stems in mid winter. True
wild species. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $6.00 Muscari macrocarpum Deliciously scented lowland counterpart of M. muscarimi. Yellow flowers from purplish-olive buds. A choice offering FS/1st $6.00 Muscari pallens A distinct, beautiful species from the northern Caucasus. Late flowers varying from white to the palest of blue makes for a lovely addition to any collection. FS/1st $4.50 Muscari species nova "Dark Eyes" Collected in the Northern Caucasus and distributed by Janis Ruksans from his nursery in Latvia. Handsome bicolour with the lower flowers dark blue and the upper flowers, sky blue. FS/1st $4.00
Muscari species nova "White-Rose Beauty" Third variety from the same collection. Flower starts white with the lower half turning a pale pink over time - colours accentuated during colder weather. First time offer FS/1st $6.00 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
Scilla ingidae ssp tauri (R&R Wallis 93-33) Recently discovered Turkish population of this beautiful little blue flowered plant which fits well into this taxon. Shaded crevices in the rock garden. FS/1st $4.00 Scilla melaina A beautiful squill from central Turkey. Little known in gardens but certainly should be. Several prussian-blue flowers on 20cm stems in early spring. FS/1st $ 4.00 Scilla messanensis Rare listing of this very local plant found only in a few Isolated corners of the
Mani peninsula, Greece, these are from the Viros Gorge near Kardimili. Spring flowers of the palest
milky-blue over lush, bright green strappy foliage. FS/1st $4.00
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