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CAMASSIA (quamash)
Camassia is a genus of six species native to North America. These attractive early summer flowering bulbs are ideal for any sunny border or they can be naturalised in grass.They are especially attractive under fruit trees when combined with purple tulips. The stary flowers are arranged in a stiff spike and vary in heigh from 30cm to 1.2m. The flowers have dramatic yellow stamens. They are useful to add height to a border.They flower in late May and June. Some plants have variegated foliage that contrasts well with the typically blue flowers. Camassia quamash (C.esculenta) was eaten by the native Americans. Plants are perennial, bulbs should be sown in the autumn and they can be divided once the foliage has withered.
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CAMASSIA CUSICKII
Large racemes of silvery-blue flowers. These are the first to flower - just as the daffodils are fading. Ideal for adding colour to a sunny border. They are happy in any good garden soil and can be naturalised. At Wisley gardens they are mixed with the taller and later C.caerulea to follow on from daffodils in the grass. They flower for a longer time than C.leichtlinii.
Height: 36"
Flowers: May
5 = £7.00
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CAMASSIA ELECTRA
We have a few spare bulbs of this fabulous electric blue camassia. The original bulbs came from Beth Chatto over 30 years ago. They are sterile and only slowly clump. Stunning blue flowers with an electric sheen of almost turquiose blue. late flowering.
These summer flowering bulbs are easily grown in any good soil in sun.
Height: 3'
Flowers: May-June
Price. 3 = £15.00
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CAMASSIA leichtlinii 'BLUE HORIZON'
NEW We have a few spare bulbs of our new camassia cultivar; a selection from Broadleigh Belle. Crowded heads of a gorgeous powder blue on tall stems of open starry flowers with golden stamens.
These summer flowering bulbs are easily grown in any good soil in sun and make a statement plant in the middle of the borderl. Useful to fill the 'May' gap in flowering. I mix them with honesty and Allium Purple Sensation. .
Height: 3'
Flowers: May
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CAMASSIA LEICHTLINII 'BROADLEIGH BELLE'
Our own cutivars. Later flowering and taller than C leichtlinii caerulea. In lovely shades of lilac, pink and true white. It is a good foil for the creamy varieties and excellent to add early colour to the herbaceous border. It can be naturalised in grass and is traditionally used around the base of fruit trees. Plant the bulbs 6" deep in the autumn. Summer dormant.
Height: 24"-30"
Flowers: May
10 = £12.00
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CAMASSIA LEICHTLINII ALBA
 More correctly this is Camassia leichtlinii but we use the alba to distinguish it from the blue forms. It has large spikes of stary creamy white flowers. It is an excellent border plant for any soil in sun or will naturalise in grass. It is an excellent foil for the purple Allium hollandicum.
Height:30"
Flowers: May
10 = £12.00
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CAMASSIA leichtlinii LADY EVE PRICE
We have a few spare bulbs of this intense deep blue camassia. Tall stems of open starry flowers with golden stamens. Early flowering and very dramatic.
These summer flowering bulbs are easily grown in any good soil in sun and make a statement plant in the middle of the borderl. Useful to fill the 'May' gap in flowering. I mix them with honesty and Allium Purple Sensation. .
£6.00 each
Height: 3'
Flowers: May
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CAMASSIA LEICHTLINII SEMI-PLENA
This is the tallest of the camassias and the last to flower. The very tall, stiff stems, are densely covered with a succession of creamy-yellow star-shaped flowers that are semi-double. The flower for a long time and are perfect for the middle of a sunny border.Like all summer flowering bulbs the leaves are fading by the time the flowers appear so I plant them in the middle of the border. They are good poking up behind the leaves of daylilies (hemerocallis)
Height: 4'
Flowers: May-June
3 = £10.00
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CAMASSIA LEICHTLINII SUCKSDORFII( caerulea)
The more correct name for the standard tall bue camassia is Camassia leichtlinii sucksdorfii. Striking spikes of strong blue starry flowers with conspicuous yellow stamens. It is a good foil for the creamy varieties and excellent to add early colour to the herbaceous border. It can be naturalised in grass and is traditionally used around the base of fruit trees. Plant the bulbs 6" deep in the autumn. Summer dormant.
Height: 24"-30"
Flowers: May
10 = £12.00
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=those plants given the Award of Garden Merit by the RHS.
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