Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes

3/6/2013
Minor bulbs “the bulbs you may not know are bulbs”
Tulip hybids
Bulbs, Corms and
Rhizomes
Prep, Planting and Care
Shelly Prescott
The State Botanical Garden of
Georgia
• Bulbs:
are underground vertical shoots that have thickened leaf
bases- used as food storage organs by a dormant plant.
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Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum)
Tulips
Alliums
Hyacinths
garlic
Narcissus
• Corms:
are short, vertical, swollen underground plant stems
that serve as food storage organs.
•
Crocus
Gladiolus
• Rhizomes:
Freesia
Liatris
are horizontal stems of a plant that are usually
found underground and often send out roots and shoots.
•
Ginger
Cannas
Iris
Johnson grass
Winter/ Early Spring
Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum)
Narcissus
1
3/6/2013
Drum stick
Crocus vernalis
Mount Everest
Stars of Persia
Globemaster
Species Tulips
caeruleum
Lady Jane
Molly
2
3/6/2013
Hyacinth sps
Honky Tonk
Bakerii Lilac
Tarda
Camassia
Linifolia
Grape Hyacinth
Yellow crown
Muscari latifolium
Red Crown
Grape Hyacinth blond
3
3/6/2013
Iris cristata (rhizomatous)
Scilla hipanica
(Spanish Bluebells)
Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells)
Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris)
(rhizomatous)
Iris (bearded)
Iris
reticulata
(dwarf
bulbous)
4
3/6/2013
Summer geophytes
Lilium sps
Peacock Flower
5
3/6/2013
Eros
‘Ariadne’
Crinum americanum
‘Antique Lace’
Lumanaries
‘Dunyazade’
Red Crinum
Miss Libby
Hymenocalis
Star Gazer
Milk and wine
'Rio Negro’
Enjoy
Deep Pink
Sangria
6
3/6/2013
Hymenocallis occidentalis
Agapanthus
7
3/6/2013
Canna
Lily
Elephant Ear
Agapanthus
Pineapple Lily
Late Summer & Fall-blooming
geophytes for southern gardens
8
3/6/2013
Zephyranthes grandiflora
Zephyranthes atamasco
Lily Pies
Candida
Zephyranthes candida
Colchicum autumnale (Autumn Crocus)
9
3/6/2013
Lycoris sps
Lycoris radiata
Lycoris aurea
Lycoris albiflora
Colchicum ‘Waterlily’
10
3/6/2013
Rhodophiala bifida (oxblood lily)
Tricyrtis ‘Tojen’
Toad Lilies (Tricyrtis hirta)
11