List of Hardy Bulbs
Hardy bulbs are normally planted in fall and left over winter. Most bloom in the spring, but some bloom in summer and even fall. You'll find these in the Seasonal Walk. This page has a list. The button below will take you to a directory with pictures.
Allium atropurpureaum
Allium christophii
Allium cowanii neapolitanum
Allium schubertii
Allium spaerochephalon
Anemone blanda 'White Spendour/
Chionodoxa forbesii 'Pink Giant'
Colchicum 'Rosy Dawn'
Colchicum 'Violet Queen'
Crocus chrysanthus 'Snowbunting'
Iris reticulata 'Cantab'
Iris reticulata 'Harmony'
Muscari armeniacum 'Valerie Finnes'Muscari azureum
Muscari azureum 'Album'
Narcissus 'Cotinga'
Narcissus 'Ice Wings'
Narcissus 'Pink Charm'
Narcissus 'Sailboat'
Narcissus 'Segovia'
Narcissus 'Thalia'
Scilla siberica 'Alba'
Tulipa 'Attila'
Tulipa 'Beauty Queen'
Tulipa 'Dallas'
Tulipa 'Flaming Purissima'
Tulipa 'Page Polka'
Tulipa 'Pink Diamond'
Tulipa 'Shirley'
Tulipa 'White Triumphator'
List of Perennials
Perennials are plants that return year after year. Different plants may be perennial in different climate zones. These varieties are perennial in The New York Botanical Garden's USDA zone 6.
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'
Amsonia hubrichtii
Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'
Aster frikartii 'Monch'
Astilbe 'Vision in Pink'
Astrantia major 'Claret'
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta
Echinacea purpurea 'Fatal Attraction'
Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel'
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
Echinacea purpurea 'Virgin'
Eryngium bourgatii
Geum 'Flames of Passion'
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Dauerstrahl'
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'
Papaver orientale 'Karine'
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian'
Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'
Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'
Pycnanthemum muticum
Salvia 'Eveline'
Scutellaria incana
Sedum 'Matrona'
Sedum 'Sunkissed'
Sedum telephium (Atropurpurea Group) 'Xenox'
Sesleria autumnalis
Sporobolus heterolepis
Teucrium hircanicum 'Paradise Delight'
Tricyrtis 'Sinonome'
List of Tender Bulbs
Tender bulbs are sensitive to frost. They are planted when the threat of a killing frost is past. Most flower in summer and early fall.
Anemone coronaria ‘St Brigid’
Babiana ‘Kew Hybrids’
Begonia ‘Bouton de Rose’
Begonia multiflora ‘Le Madelon’
Begonia multiflora ‘Madame Richard Galle’
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’
Crocosmia ‘Fire King’
Crocosmia ‘George Davison'
Dahlia ‘Arabian Night’
Dahlia ‘Berliner Kleene’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Fascination’
Dahlia ‘Le Baron’
Dahlia \ ‘Marie Schnugg’
Dahlia ‘Moonfire’
Dahlia ‘Yvonne’
Galtonia candicans
Gladiolus callianthus ( Acidanthera)
Gladiolus nanus ‘Robinetta’
Hymenocallis ‘Sulphur Queen’
Incarvillea delavayi
Ixia ‘Rose Emperor’
Ixia ‘Yellow Emperor’
Lilium ‘African Queen’
Lilium ‘Pink Twinkle’
Lilium ‘Snow Queen’
Lilium tenuifolium
Lilium tigrinum ‘Citronella’
Lilum henryi
Nerine bowdenii
Nerine sarniensis
Ornithogalum dubiium ‘Gold’
Ornithogalum dubium
Oxalis deppei ‘Iron Cross’
Oxalis lasiandra
Oxalis triangularis
Ranunculus asiaticus ‘Aviv’ red
Ranunculus asiaticus ‘Aviv’ pink
Ranunculus asiaticus ‘Aviv’ white
Roscoea cautleoides
Roscoea purpurea
Tulbaghia violacea