Bulb Seeds

Ipheion – Starflowers are perfect for naturalizing and multiply fast to form beautiful clumps that get covered in flowers in spring. Summer dormant but can take some summer moisture.
I. dialystemon (Nothoscordum dialystemon), 4€/20seeds 
I. 'Alberto Castillo' 3€/20seeds

Iris – The following are great Mediterranean species for the dry garden. Keep the dry in the summer for a good summer bake.

I.bracteata   5€/20seeds

I. cycloglossa,  3€/10seeds   SOLD OUT
I. hoogiana ‘Αmphion’, 4€/10seeds   SOLD OUT

I. hoogiana ‘Antiope’, 4€/10seeds   SOLD OUT

I. hoogiana ‘Hippolyta’, 4€/10seeds  SOLD OUT

I. lactea 3€/20seeds

I. laevigata mixed colors  3€/20seeds

I.missouriensis   3.5€/20seeds
I. orientalis, 3€/20seeds

I. palaestina, 5€/10seeds   SOLD OUT

I. reichenbahii  3.50€/10seeds 

I.sibirica mixed colors  3€/20seeds
Ι. spuria yellow form, 4€/20seeds

I. tuberosa 'Golden Sally'   5€/10seeds (from a nice pale yellow parent) 

I. tenax 5€/20seeds
I. tuberosa ‘Smokey’ 6€/10seeds  (from a grey/black parent)  SOLD OUT

I. unguicularis subsp.unguicularis large flowered form  5€/20seeds 

Ixia – Another group of winter growing iroids from South Africa. Most are rather delicate plants with long thin leaves and tall flowering stems with dainty flowers. I.pumilio is the dwarf of the group.
I. contorta 5€/20seeds 

I. flexuosa pink form, 3€/20seeds
I. maculata orange form, 3.5€/20seeds
I. pumilio 4€/20seeds 
I. ramulosa 3.5€/20seeds 

I. rouxii 4€/20seeds 

I. pumilio 4€/20seeds 

I. viridiflora 'Malaika',  4.50€/20seeds 

Lachenalia –  A big genus of South African Hyacinthaceae, sometimes with scented flowers. Summer dormant bulbs tend to dry up if the pots are out in full sun so I transfer them in a cold shady spot and I might give them just a little water, about once a month in the summer so that they will stay alive.

L. aloides var.bicolor, 4€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
L. anguinea, 4€/20seeds   SOLD OUT

L. arbuthnotiae, 3.50€/20seeds

L. bachmanii, 3.50€/20seeds

L. bulbifera, 3.50€/20seeds

L.calcicola, 5€/20seeds

L. elegans var.suaveolens, 4€/20seeds

L. latimerae, 5€/20seeds

L. liliiflora, 3.50€/20seeds

L. matthewsii, 3.50€/20seeds

L. mutabilis, 3.50€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

L. orthopetala, 3€/20seeds

L.pallida, 3.5€/20seeds

L. pustulata, 3.5€/20seeds

L.rosea, 4.50€/20seeds

L. salteri, 4€/20seeds

L.unifolia, 3.50€/20seeds

L. unicolor, 3€/20seeds

L.viridiflora, 6€/20seeds

L.'Yukibushi', 5€/20seeds

L.wrightii, 4€/20seeds

L. zeyheri, 3€/20seeds

Lapeirousia – South African winter growing iroids, with quite an amazing diversity. They are generally small, but they will multiply fast.

L. anceps, 3€/20seeds

L. corymbosa, 5€/20seeds
L.divaricata, 3€/20seeds
L. jacquinii, 3.50€/20seeds

L. macrospatha, 4€/20seeds

L. micrantha, 6€/20seeds

L. oreogena, 5€/20seeds

L. pyramidalis, 4€/20seeds

Leopoldia weissii, 3€/20seeds 

Mediterranean species, similar to the more common L.comosa (Muscari comosum). 

Massonia – Well known among bulb collectors for their large ovate leaves that hug the ground and beautiful short spikes of flowers. 

M. citrina, 6€/20seeds

M. echinata, 4€/20seeds

M. depressa, 5€/20seeds

M. depressa Nieuwoudtville, 5€/20seeds

M. pustulata, 4€/20seeds

Melasphaerulea ramosa, 3€/20seeds

Dangling green flowers on 30/40cm branched stems, this vigorous bulb can turn into a weed in your bulb pots if you let it go to seed. 

 

Moraea – A favorite genus, for its variability of forms and flower colors, they are easy to grow from seed and flower within 2-3 years.
M. britteniae, 3€/20seeds

M. ciliata, 3.50€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

M. comptonii, 3.50€/20seeds

M. cycladicum subsp.subsessillis , 5€/20seeds
M. flaccida, 3€/20seeds

M. macronyx, 4€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
M. miniata, 4€/20seeds

M. ochroleuca, 3€/20seeds
M. pendula, 3€/20seeds
M. polystachya , 3€/20seeds

M. ramosissima, 4€/20seeds
M. setifolia, 4€/20seeds
M. simulans, 4€/20seeds 
M. sisyrinchium, 3€/20seeds
M. tricuspidata, 4€/20seeds
M. vegeta, 3€/20seeds

Muscari – Mediterranean genus, with numerous species, easy to grow and self-sowing once established.
M. armeniacum, 3€/20seeds
M. azureum, 3€/20seeds

M. commutatum pink form, 4€/20seeds 

M. comosum, 3€/20seeds

M. inconstrictum, 4€/20seeds

M. kerkis, 5€/10seeds
M. latifolium, 3€/20seeds
M. leucostomum, 4€/20seeds 
M. macrocarpum, 4€/20seeds SOLD OUT
M. muscarimi, 4€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
M. neglectum, 3€/20seeds
M. pulchellum, 5€/20seeds

M. spreitzenhoferi, 5€/20seeds   SOLD OUT

M. tenuiflorum, 5€/20seeds

Narcissus – I like to grow the smaller Mediterranean species in pots, where I can control drainage much easier than in the open garden. You’d think daffodils would take a lot time to flower from seed but these smaller species do so usually on the third year from sowing.
N. ‘Arctic Bells’, 3€/20seeds
N. bulbocodium, 3€/20seeds

N. bulbocodium 'Spoirot', 4€/20seeds

N. cantabricus var.foliosus, 4€/20seeds
N. cordubensis, 3.5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

N. jeanmonodii, 5€/20seeds   SOLD OUT
N. ‘Oxford Gold’, 3€/20seeds

N. papyraceus, 3.5€/10seeds
N. tazetta, 3.5€/20seeds
N. willkomii, 3.5€/20seeds   
N. x romieuxii ‘Julia Jane’, 3.5€/20seeds

Odontostomum hartwegii, 3.40€/20seeds

A rather peculiar member of Tecophilaeceae from California this will form clumps in time and multitudes of upright spikes of white flowers with drooping tepals. Summer dormant.

Ornithogalum – All the following are summer dormant species that flower in spring. They origin from the Mediterranean or South Africa.
O. conicum, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT 

O. creticum, 4.50€/20seeds

O. dictaeum, 4€/10seeds

O. hispidum, 3.5€/20seeds   SOLD OUT

O. juncifolium, 3€/20seeds 

O. longibracteatum, 3€/20seeds 

O. montanum, 3.5€/20seeds 

O. narbonense, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
O. nutans, 3€/20seeds

O. pruinosum, 3€/20seeds   SOLD OUT
O. suaveolens (Albuca suaveolens), 3€/20seeds 

O. thyrsoides, 3€/20seeds 

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Pancratium canariense,  5€/20seeds

Pancratium maritimum,  5€/20seeds

Polyxena– Now transferred into Lachenalia, these early flowering (autumn) South Africans are easy to grow from seed and flower within 2 to 3 years. 
P. corymbosa, 4€/10seeds   
P. ensifolia, 4€/20seeds 
P. longituba, 4€/20seeds 
P. paucifolia, 3.5€/20seeds 

Prospero autumnale, 3.50€/20seeds

A small Mediterranean bulb, that used to be included in the genus Scilla. It flowers with the first autumn showers and it multiplies fast by seed.

 

Pseudomuscari - A small genus related to Muscari but with more  Bellevalia qualities.
P.azureum, 4€/10seeds

P.chalusicum, 5€/20seeds  ​

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Ranunculus asiaticus - The wild, single forms or Ranunculus asiaticus look so much better in a garden situation compared to the overbred varieties you find in the commerce. Sown in autumn.​

R.asiaticus red form  4€/20seeds

R.asiaticus white and pink forms  4€/20seeds

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Romulea – My favorite genus of bulbs from South Africa that comes in every color imaginable and flower within 2 or 3 years from seed. Give them full sun and keep them dry in the summer.
R. albomarginata, 3.50€/20seeds

R. amoena, 5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
R. bulbocodium early white form, 3.5€/20seeds 
R. bulbodoium late purple form, 3.50€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
R. bulbodocium subsp.nivalis, 3.50€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

R. bulbocodium subsp.palustris, 4€/20seeds
R. columnae, 3.50€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
R. clusiana, 4€/20seeds   SOLD OUT

R. cruciata var.intermedia, 4€/20seeds
R. crocea, 4€/20seeds 

R. crocea  (Aksaray form), 4€/20seeds 
R. diversiformis, 3.50€/20seeds
R. engleri, 3.50€/20seeds

R. eximia, 5€/20seeds
R. flava, 4€/20seeds 
R. gigantea, 3€/20seeds 
R. grandiscapa dark purple form, 3€/20seeds

R. grandiscapa light purple form, 4€/20seeds
R. hirta, 3€/30seeds

R. kamisensis, 4€/20seeds
R. komsbergensis, 4€/20seeds  sold out

R. leopoldtii, 4€/20seeds

R. ligustica, 4€/20seeds
R. linaresii, 3.50€/20seeds

R. luteoflora, 6€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

R. monadelpha, 5€/20seeds  
R. monticola, 4€/20seeds 
R. multisulcata, 4€/20seeds

R. obscura, 3.50€/20seeds

R. ramiflora, 4€/20seeds

R. rollii  (Chios form), 5€/20seeds  

R. rollii  (Corsica form), 5€/20seeds  
R. rosea, 3.5€/20seeds 
R. sabulosa, 4€/20seeds

R. sp. tiny deep orange 3€/20seeds

R. sp. tiny soft orange 3€/20seeds
R. sp. tiny white 3€/20seeds
R. tabularis, 4€/20seeds

R. tempskyana, 4€/20seeds
R. tetragona, 3€/20seeds 

R. tortuosa, 5€/20seeds

Scilla – Quite a varied genus with mainly European species, those listed here I have found that do well in Mediterranean conditions (many other well-known species need a colder winter to grow well)
S. cilicica, 4€/20seeds 
S. greilhuberi, 4€/20seeds 
S. hyacinthoides (a particularly easy and floriferous form) 4€/20seeds

S.natalensis (Merwilla plumbea)  5€/20seeds (sow in spring)

S. peruviana blue form, 3€/20seeds
S. peruviana white form, 3€/30seeds

S.peruviana var.gattefossei 5€/20seeds
S. ramburei 4€/20seeds
S. scilloides 3€/20seeds

Sparaxis – The easiest of South African bulbs, this genus has some of the most rewarding bulbs you can grow. Having usually contrasting colors, they will clump up in time and give lots of color to your garden. Summer dormant. Bear in mind that these hybridize easily with each other, especially S.bulbifera, S.elegans, S.grandiflora and S.tricolor.

S. auriculata, 3.50€/20seeds 
S. bulbifera white and yellow form, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
S. bulbifera pure white form, 3€/20seeds
S. caryophyllacea, 4€/20seeds 
S. elegans orange form, 3€/20seeds
S. elegans white form, 3€/20seeds
S. fragrans, 5€/20seeds 
S. grandiflora var. acutiloba, 3€/20seeds
S. grandiflora var. grandiflora, 5€/20seeds 

S. maculosa, 4€/20seeds

S. meterlekampiae, 4€/20seeds
S. parviflora, 4€/20seeds 
S. tricolor mixed varieties, 3€/20seeds

R. variegata, 5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
S. villosa, 4€/20seeds

Sternbegia lutea (sicula), 5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

Classic Mediterranean species with yellow flowers that come before the leaves.

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Toxicoscordion fremontii  4.50€/10seeds  SOLD OUT

Triteleia– Californian Allium relatives that are usually the last of the winter growing bulbs to flower in late spring and they often do so while their leaves have started drying up. Keep dry in summer.
T. bridgesii, 5€/20seeds  

T. clementina, 5€/20seeds   SOLD OUT
T. hyacinthina, 3€/20seeds

T.ixioides   5€/20seeds

T. laxa Butte County form, 5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

T. laxa 'Foxy', 3€/20seeds
T. laxa ‘Queen Fabiola’, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT
T. laxa 'Rudy', 3€/20seeds

T. laxa Sierra Giant, 3.5€/10seeds   SOLD OUT

Tritonia – Another genus of South African Iridaceae, these easy winter growing bulbs include a wide array of hybrid colors and some interesting species. 

T. cooperi 4€/20seeds 
T. crocata 'Avalanche', 3€/20seeds
T. crocata 'Pink Sensation', 3€/20seeds
T. crocata 'Plymouth Pastel', 3€/20seeds
T. crocata 'Prince of Orange', 3€/20seeds
T. crocata 'Princess Beatrix', 3€/20seeds
T. crocata 'Tangerine', 3€/20seeds
T. deusta, 3€/20seeds
T. flabellifolia, 5€/20seeds

T. pallida, 4€/20seeds
T. squalida, 3€/20seeds

Tulipa – Some of the smaller species offered here that will take our rough Mediterranean climate.

T.clusiana var.chrysantha 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

T. saxatilis, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

T. sylvestris, 3€/20seeds  SOLD OUT 
T. tarda, 3€/20seeds 
T. undulatifolia, 5€/20seeds  SOLD OUT

 

Wachendorfia paniculata, 3€/20seeds

From small rhizomes, this Haemodoraceae member has short pleated leaves and the most beautiful fuzzy covered flower stems with light yellow flowers. The seeds are fuzzy as well. Needs almost a month to germinate. Summer dormant.

 

Watsonia– A well known genus of South African Iridaceae, the species I list here are exclusively summer dormant, completely disappearing throughout the warm months of the year. They are all easy to grow and flower within 3 years or so from seed.

W. aletroides  4€/20seeds 

W. coccinea  4€/20seeds 
Watsonia mixed summer deciduous varieties 3.5€/20seeds 

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Wurmbea stricta, 3€/20seeds

I find this species one of the most satisfying South African bulbs to grow. Easy to cultivate, linear lingo upright leaves and the most beautiful spikes of pink flowers in mid spring. ​

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Zigadenus elegans   4€/20seeds