Details
- Supplied As
- Bulbs
- Bulb Size
- 5/+ cm
- Flowering Height
- 10-15 cm
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Colour
- Blues
- Flowering Time
- February
- Planting Time
- September
- October
- November
- Perfect For
- Small Garden & Balcony
Chionodoxa Sardensis
M5224
Description
No rock garden should be without Chionodoxa ‘Sardensis’. With its pure gentian-blue blooms, this charming cultivar will bedazzle you with its beauty when it flowers in early spring. Stout, purplish stems are loaded with the pretty star-shaped blooms, each featuring a gleaming white eye in the centre.
Chionodoxa are brilliant for naturalising in rich, well-drained soil and will grow happily in sun and shade. Perfect for borders, alpine gardens and containers, forming soft cushions of eye-catching colour.
Chionodoxa ‘Sardensis’ has been granted an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for its exceptional garden qualities and stunning looks.
Care Guide
This low-growing, early spring bulb is a popular choice for naturalising in the rockery or grassland.
Plant 5 cm deep, 5 cm apart. Water well in the growing season.
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Pagoda
M5346
Erythronium Pagoda, a robust hybrid, showcases four to five Dresden-yellow flowers with brown-ringed centres. This fast-growing and naturalising plant thrives in partial shade and well-drained soil. The lightly mottled leaves add extra charm.
The bright, cheerful blooms and vigorous growth make it an excellent choice for adding a splash of colour and vitality to woodland gardens. Erythronium Pagoda brings a lively and charming presence to any garden.
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Mixed
M5228
A pretty spring palette of popular Chionodoxa bulbs, includes a well-balanced mix of pink, white, blue and violet varieties.
Literally translated as ‘Glory of the Snow’ from Greek, Chionodoxa are loved by gardeners for bringing a welcome pop of colour to the garden early on in the year. The charming star-shaped blooms emerge in February on petite stems up to 15cm tall, creating cushion-like mounds of beautiful colour.
Ideal for rockeries, alpine gardens, containers and borders. The bulbs are easy to grow and care for, happy in sun or shade in well-drained soil where they will naturalise with ease.
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Jessie
M5558
Petite Ipheion ‘Jessie’ is perfect for planting in drifts near the front of a border and for filling blank spaces in a rock garden for a serene drift of blue.
The azure-blue, star-shaped flowers are painted with a darker stripe along the centre of each petal, and hold a golden, pollen-packed core.Ipheion ‘Jessie’ produces a bed of narrow, strap-like leaves which smell faintly of onions.
The blooms smell sweetly, especially on warm days, on stems reaching 10cm tall.
An ideal plant to bridge the gap between spring and summer, when the bulbs have faded, and summer perennials are starting to show colour.
- Delivery
Orders for Spring Flowering Bulbs will be despatched in order rotation from mid-September to late November.
We use Whistl for deliveries and our ordering process allows you to provide special instructions such as leaving in a safe place should you happen to be out when your bulbs are delivered or if you require a different delivery date.
Should you have any other order requirements other than those listed please contact us on 01622 840229 before placing an order.
Current charges per order are as below and include VAT.
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