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Bulbs for naturalising

Crocus (Spring Flowering)

  • Crocus ancyrensis, C. augustifolius AGM, C. biflorus
  • C. chrysanthus AGM and cultivars Blue Pearl AGM, Cream Beauty, Gipsy Girl, Snow Bunting AGM, Skyline
  • C. etrusus AGM, C flavus subsp. Flavus AGM
  • C. sieberi AGM and cultivars Firefly, Violet Queen
  • C. tommasinianus AGM and cultivars Ruby Giant, Whitewell Purple
  • C. vernus (larger cultivars)

Crocus (Autumn Flowering)

  • Crocus banaticus AGM, C. kotschyanus AGM, C. laevigatus AGM, C. nudiflorus, C. pulchellus AGM, C. serotinus subsp. Salzmannii
  • C. speciosus AGM, and forms Aitchisonii, Albus AGM, Artabir, Conqueror, Oxonian

Narcissus for Short Grass

  • Narcissus assoanus
  • N. asturiensis AGM
  • N. Beryl
  • N. bulbocodium AGM (short grass moist soil)
  • N. cyclamineus AGM and hybrids Bartley, February Gold AGM, Midget, Peeping Tom AGM, Tete a Tete AGM
  • N. Hawera AGM
  • N. Jack Snipe AGM
  • N. Minnow AGM
  • N. Nanus
  • N. obvallaria AGM
  • N. odorous (lighter meadow turf)
  • N. pseudonarcissus and variants
  • N. triandrus AGM
  • N. W.P.Milner

Narcissus for Taller Grass

  • Species suitable for taller grass include Narcissus peoticus Plenus and N. poeticus var. recurvus.  Most of the larger trumpet and large cupped daffodil hybrids will naturalise well.  Established cultivars suitable for taller grass include Actaea, Apricot, Binkie, Charity May, Carlton, Fortune, Ice Follies, Kilworth, Merlin, Mount Hood, Portrush, Romance, St. Keverne, Spellbinder.

Other Bulbs

  • Allium hollandicum AGM, A. karataviense, A. moly AGM, A. stipitatum, A. triquetrum, A. ursinum, Anemone apennina, A. blanda AGM, A. nemerosa.
  • Camassia
  • Chinodoxia
  • Colchicum autumnale, C. byzantinium AGM, C. speciosum AGM and the larger hybrids
  • Eranthis hyemalis AGM (short grass)
  • Erythronium denis-canis AGM (short grass)
  • Fritillaria meleagris AGM (moist soils), F. pyrenaica AGM
  • Galanthus elwesii AGM G. nivalis
  • Hyacinthoides non-scripta (British bluebell)
  • Leucojum aestivum, L. vernum AGM
  • Muscari armeniacum AGM, M. neglectum Heavenly Blue
  • Nectaroscordum
  • Ornithogalum nutans, O. umbellatum
  • Scilla siberica
  • Tulipa spengeri AGM, T. sylvestris
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