Camassia Bulbs
Long-lasting flowers that appear on their tall stems, the Camassia are an attractive addition to any garden and will demand your attention with their tall blooms. Adding structure to borders, the Cusickii is perfect for planting in bulk to add interest, or plant the Camassia Lechtlini Alba into existing cottage garden borders to add soft creamy flowers in late spring.
Like everything we supply here at Boston Seeds, we pride ourselves on supplying professional quality - and for flower bulbs, that means BIG! Our bigger bulbs produce bigger, better and bolder flowers.
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Creating a striking display when planted in groups, the Camassia Cusickii have multiple flowers on a single tall stem, appearing with splashes of colour the flowers open wide revealing an orange centre framed by their pinky/ light blue petals.
- Height (cm): 60cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 14+cm
- Blooms: May/ June
Making bulb planting easier, quicker and cleaner, our bulb planter is the ideal tool for helping you plant your larger spring-flowering bulbs.
- Made of high quality steel
- Automatic release on handle
- Duroplast coating - impact, elastic, abrasion, and corrosion resistant
- Perfect for planting larger flower bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, alliums, hyacinths and more
The ultimate tool for quickly and easily planting your spring bulbs and wildflower plants. High-quality, durable plastic handle securely fitted to a stainless steel blade, the robust design is ideal to assist in planting your plants and bulbs into beds, borders and grassland.
Specifically designed to help bulbs establish in pots and borders, without the risk of the bulbs rotting, providing an open and free-draining soil structure.
- Ideal for planting with Narcissi, Crocus, Hyacinths and other spring-flowering bulbs
- Universal bulb planting fibre
- 500gm bag - This pack is sufficient for 3 x 1-litre pots
The ultimate tool for planting quickly and easily your plants and bulbs. A quality, solid ash handle securely fitted to a hardened carbon steel head, the traditional design is ideal to assist in planting your plants and bulbs into beds, borders and grassland.
- Powder coated and heat treated carbon steel head
- Weatherproofed ash wood handle
- Hammer finish, powder coated head for improved rust resistance
- Perfect for planting wildflower plug plants and small bulbs
Our flowering bulb fertiliser has been specifically designed to help your spring-flowering bulbs flower to their full potential. Whether you are establishing in pots or containers, sprinkle a small amount into each hole prior to planting your bulbs. Also suitable for use in early spring to encourage your bulbs to flower well in the following season.
- Tailored to give your bulbs all the nutrients they need
- Can be mixed with compost or Bulb Fibre
- NPK - 12.11.18 + MgO
- Recommended coverage: 5kg per 200sqm. Apply at 25g/sqm
- Not suitable for use with Wildflower Bulbs
Our bulb planting essentials pack has been put together for the ease of ensuring quick planting and a great display. The bulb planter will help you plant the bulbs with ease whilst the fibre will ensure the bulbs do not rot when planted into pots or containers. Using the bulb fertiliser will ensure your bulbs have all the nutrients they need whilst establishing.
- 1 x Bulb Fibre
- 1 x Bulb Planter
- 1 x Bulb Fertiliser
Camassia
These uncommon, non-native flowers deserve a little appreciation. Camassia, frequently shortened to camas and sometimes known as the Wild Hyacinth, is a fetching flower that grows in thin, tall spikes of bluish-purple to pink or even white petals. From rockeries to wild meadows to water-sides, this versatile plant makes for a lovely display in many arrangements, and its unique colouration makes for a bright, bold statement!
Fun Facts
As a native American plant, the Camassia’s history has stayed a bit obscure on this side of the pond, though it’s based more on practical uses than a mythological story; native Americans cultivated Camassia with light, tending naturally-growing camassia to harvest in later seasons. The bulbs are indeed edible, and have a taste similar to sweet potato when cooked! Makes sense, in an odd way, as they’re a relative of asparagus. They can also be made into flour.
How To Grow
Camassias are low-maintenance plants! They’re drought-tolerant, but ostensibly prefer humus-rich, moisture-retaining soils in sun or partial shade. Plant them in the autumn, 10cm deep and 10-15cm apart, and water them on particularly dry days. Camassias are easy to naturalise and multiply, though may be difficult to keep in lawns, as their leaves are long-lasting and may interfere with mowing.
Species & Styles
Perhaps the species that leaves the strongest impression is Camassia leichtlinii, the Large Camas, growing to around a metre (3-4 feet) and bearing verdant, erect leaves and lavender-blue in early summer.
Camassia’s cool colouration is complemented very well by a background of deep green or purple foliage. Alliums are excellent plants to grow alongside. Their colouration can compliment a blue or purple plant or contrast against paler petals, and their rounded shape also works alongside the sharper, slimmer shape of the Camassia. Geraniums and Aquilegia also make good planting partners (the latter especially compliments the colours of Camassia).
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