History in the Garden - Auglaize County Historical Society

History in the Garden:
The Auglaize County Historical Society’s 2010 Heirloom Bulb Sale
TULIP—Bleu Aimable (1910)
TULIP—Dreaming Maid (1934)
TULIP—Mount Tacoma (1924)
TULIP—Turkestanica (1875)
NARCISSUS—Thalia (1916)
NARCISSUS—April Queen (1936)
NARCISSUS—Cheerfulness (1923)
NARCISSUS—Fortune (1917)
ALLIUM—Azureum (1830)
CROCUS—Vernus Twilight (1910)
GALANTHUS—Elwesii (1875)
HYACINTHOIDES —Hispanica
Auglaize County Historical Society Heirloom Bulb Sale Order Form
Buy 10 bulbs (of any one kind) and the 11th is free! DEADLINE FOR ORDERS: September 24
Tulip Bleu Aimable is a Single Late tulip featuring exquisite shades of lilac with a blue sheen. 24‖ tall. Plant 6‖ deep and 6-8‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Tulip Dreaming Maid is a Triumph tulip (a cross between a Darwin and Early Tulip) that opens shimmering violet and matures to darker violet rose with glistening white edges. 20‖ tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Tulip Mount Tacoma is a Peony Flowering tulip (aka, Double Late) known for its fragrance and fully double blooms of white with subtle green markings. 20‖
tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Tulip Turkestanica is a multi-flowering, star-shaped naturalizer with ivory petals and an orange-yellow base. 8 ‖ tall. Plant 4-5‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Narcissus April Queen is good naturalizer with outward-facing, 4‖ flowers of ivory with a lemon-yellow cup. 18-20‖ tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Narcissus Cheerfulness is a fragrant award winner whose clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are flecked with yellow. 14-16‖ tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖
apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Narcissus Fortune is another award winner —you’’ love the 4‖ blooms—in yellow and marigold, flushed in red. 18-20‖ tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Narcissus Thalia is known as the ―Orchid Narcissus‖ because of the five pendant white flowers on each stem. No home should be without this fragrant beauty.
16-18‖ tall. Plant 6-8‖ deep and 6‖ apart.
#____@ $1 each =$_______
Allium Azureum, Blue of the Heavens, is a delicate gem of cornflower-blue florets. 24‖ tall. Plant 4‖ deep and 3-4‖ apart.
#____@ 50 cents each =$_______
Crocus Vernus Twilight is midnight blue –violet with glistening edges. 5‖ tall. Plant 5‖ deep and 4‖ apart.
#____@50 cents each =$_______
Galanthus Elwesii is considered to be the best variety of Snowdrops for naturalizing in American gardens. Its broad ivory flowers are tipped in green. 5-8‖ tall.
Plant 4‖ deep and 2-4‖ apart.
#____@ 50 cents each =$______
Hyacinthoides Hispanica Mixed are naturalizing, deer-proof bluebells that thrive in most soil and sun conditions. This mixture includes blue, pink, and white.
12-15‖ tall. Plant 4‖ deep and 4‖ apart. Hyacinthoides date from the 17th century..
#____@ 50 cents each =$_______
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
=$__________
Name___________________________________________________________________________Telephone Number________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________________________(bulbs will be delivered in mid-October, just in time for planting!)
Would you like to be a Garden Angel and donate your bulbs to one of the following local Garden Clubs? If so, please note your gift recipient.
Cridersville______________________ New Knoxville_________________________ St. Marys___________________________ Wapakoneta_____________________
Please make checks payable to the Auglaize County Historical Society and mail your order to ACHS, 206 West Main Street, Wapakoneta 45895.