Bulbs: Lets honour all our other spring treasures..., 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Bonitin, 4 more types of Corydalis, wow! There are some gorgeous species I really would love to have, but they are usually very expensive. I love Beesia too, I found a site selling some hardy orchids which are still expensive but not as expensive as I have seen them! They sell a wide range on species Narcissus seeds too, sending them out from late August. I might have to check those out, they are cheap.

http://www.simplyspecies.co.uk/Docs/orchids/

Marie, your first one I'm not sure of, but looks like Watsonia. The second I'm sure is Babiana, another gorgeous Sth African species.

This is one of my Muscari which seems to have set itself, I have M. latifolium and armeniacum but this is much taller than any I can find, and looks like a cross between the two. The leaves are more like armeniacum but on steroids, the flower head is much longer and it has the top knot of latifolium. The flower stems are taller than others too.