11 Stunning Bulb Flowers That Will Captivate You at First Glance
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Bulb flowers are mostly the champions of the beauty world, and they are also robust and easy for beginners to grow well.
Beautiful and easy to plant - with these two qualities, bulbs have taken the world by storm.
Tasha's autumn planting season presale has begun. Today we bring you 11 stunning bulbs - one glance and you'll be captivated.
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Ranunculus, blooming with fame
Ranunculus has been an especially popular flower in recent years, for no other reason than one word:beautiful。
Just how beautiful ranunculus is - a few photos will tell you.
Her colors are astonishingly rich, from watery pale hues to all kinds of ornate ruffled edges, satisfying almost every soaring fantasy a flower grower could have.
Because her blooms have the countenance of a peony, and she makes up for the peony's shortcoming of not being suitable for pot cultivation, she is affectionately nicknamed"foreign peony"。
Interestingly, when she blooms she is at her most lavish, yet her leaves are utterly unremarkable, like a handful of plucked celery leaves, so she is also playfully called"celery-leaf peony"。
Ranunculus - Dwarf Purple
Biding her time, then astonishing the world in a single stroke - that is the kind of bulb ranunculus is, and perhaps it is worth borrowing into our own lives.
* 2 - Colored Calla Lily *
Beautiful in both flower and leaf, working on two fronts
Speaking of colored calla lilies, one must mention the "wild calla." The wild calla is the most primitive calla lily, while colored callas is the collective term for calla lily hybrids.
The beauty of the wild calla lies in her pure white color and fluid lines, like foam splashed up as waves hit the rocks.
Wild calla
Colored callas, by contrast, do the opposite, with extremely brilliant and varied colors, and petals that often have a gradient effect.
The stems of colored callas are also more slender and soft than those of the wild calla, making them very suitable for cut flowers in styled arrangements, avoiding the wild calla's little awkwardness of shooting straight up like a firework.
Colored Calla - Picasso
Wild calla arrangement
In addition, colored callas have diverse leaf shapes, often with small spots, rivaling ordinary foliage plants, and since the plants are generally smaller, with a height of around 40cm, they are especially suitable as home accents.
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* 3 - Autumn Crocus *
Both medicine and poison, the rising star of the bulb world
Autumn crocus is a relatively niche bulb,flowering before leafing, sending up 1-4 flowers directly from the underground stem, growing close to the ground, charmingly cute.
Her most endearing quality is this:extremely robust!
She doesn't even need to be planted by human hands - in natural conditions, simply left bare, she can sprout and bloom, making her a savior flower for "plant killers."
It is worth noting:The autumn crocus plant contains colchicine, an alkaloid with remarkable effects in treating gout, but it has significant toxic side effects. Once ingested in excess, it can be life-threatening, so flower lovers with young children or pets should choose carefully.
Autumn Crocus - Solo
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* 4 - Amaryllis *
The crown of bulb flowers, majestic and gorgeous
Amaryllis may beone of the easiest bulbs to grow, unafraid of heat, unafraid of sun, famously tough.
Normally it needs no management at all - you can even tuck them into small corners, under trees, or in gaps between pots, and when the flowering season arrives, they will send up flower stalks on their own.
The flowers they produce are especially stately. Compared with ordinary bulbs, her flowers are much larger - a single bulb alone can produce abundant, dazzling blooms.
Now, her colors and flower forms are also constantly being enriched.
If your energy and space are limited, yet you thoroughly enjoy the visual feast of abundant blooms, then choose amaryllis. With so many varieties, there is always one that hits exactly your weak spot.
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* 5 - Hyacinth *
The flower of freedom, with rare colors and exotic fragrance
The most outstanding feature of the hyacinth is herfragrance。
It is a magical, intoxicating scent, with some critics even elevating it as "the most fragrant of all flowering plants."
This claim may be somewhat exaggerated, but anyone who has grown them will surely never forget their scent.
The wind from the woods falls upon her shoulders, scattering her dense braids, and from her hair drifts the exotic fragrance of blue hyacinths, leaving me dizzy and bewildered.
--Emina, excerpt
Besides the fragrance, the hyacinth's flowers are also a delight to the eye, with full flower clusters paired with light, delicate tones, looking just like plump little elves deep in the woods.
Hyacinth is also veryrecommended for beginnersas one of the bulbs to grow, because she can be water-cultured, the operation is simple, and paired with a crystal-clear glass container she looks especially ethereal.
However, hyacinth bulbs tend to degenerate, especially in water culture, which is basically a one-time thing, so flower lovers should be mentally prepared.
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* 6 - Iris *
The national flower of France, a poem of creation
The iris is a flower with an inherent air of dignity, sharing its name with Iris, the rainbow goddess of Greek mythology.
The leaves layer upon layer, appearing to lie on the same plane, hence the alternative name"ghost fan"。
Iris leaves
Irises bloom in late spring. A single flower opens in the morning and falls at dusk, but because the plant can keep blooming continuously and the rhizomes keep extending outward, they always grow in large clumps, very lively, with a flowering period lasting over a month.
According to research, people in ancient times regarded the iris as a solar-term flower, because its blooming often came together with the rains, reminding people that it was time to transplant rice seedlings.
She always gently reminds people: no matter how busy the years may be, do not forget the beauty of sowing and harvesting.
Truly a poem of creation.
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* 7 - Grape Hyacinth *
Innocent years, not delicate
What makes grape hyacinth most endearing is her pure blue color.
Besides blue, there are also white and pink, all very easygoing and clean.
Although she differs from the hyacinth by only two characters in name, she will not degenerate in variety like the hyacinth does, and she needs no excessive fuss in management - not delicate at all.
Her plants are low and neat, her green leaves glossy, her flower clusters elegant - she is a low-keyversatileflower，very suitable forbalcony growers, and also very suitable forgarden lovers。
Mixing grape hyacinths with other flowers can link different flowers into a natural whole.
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* 8 - Saffron Crocus *
The flower of saffron - divine? Mystical?
Saffron crocus isone of the earliest bulbs to bloom in early spring, with a short plant, cold resistance, and bright red stigmas like a snake's tongue, possessing a distinctive, eerie beauty.
Saffron crocus is also known as"zanghonghua"In palace dramas, it is often defined as an abortifacient, exuding a mysterious and sorcerous air.
Actually, it is not that mystical. It is simply that the stigma of saffron crocus is a precious Chinese medicinal herb with effects in treating mental tension and amenorrhea in women, but taken in excess it can cause uterine spasms and thereby trigger miscarriage.
Besides purple, saffron crocus also comes in golden yellow, white, and mixed colors, all very beautiful.
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* 9 - Snowdrop *
The bond between flower and snow
Snowdrop, as its name suggests,is extremely cold-hardy, and can even quietly push forth buds atop blanketing white snow.
Sheprefers extremely wet conditions, mostly growing along stream edges, liking full sun, and also able to grow healthily in more shaded places.
Snowdrop in its native state
Snowdrop in garden cultivation
The petal tips have green markings - perhaps a totem of the snow clan?
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* 10 - Allium *
The imposing allium, like a lollipop
Allium, as its name suggests, isbig。
The flower head starts at 15cm in diameter, about the size of a small watermelon, and some varieties are even more exaggerated, basically the size of a child's head.
The height can reach 1.5 m, standing in the yard with considerable presence.
Therefore,It is recommended to plant them in the ground, with the depth buried about 15cm down, so that the allium that grows will be round and lovely.
Alliums are also very low-maintenance plants,with very few pests and diseases.
After the flowers fade, the seed pods still have ornamental value and can remain so until autumn.
A flat yard is exactly where alliums' adorable burst of beauty is needed.
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* 11 · Peony *
The flower of love for Chinese people, given to touch the heart
If you look into it carefully, the peony is actuallyChina's own unique flower of love。
There is evidence in the Book of Songs "Zhen Wei": young men and women, laughing and teasing each other, give each other peonies. Meaning: young men and women, chatting and laughing, give each other peonies at parting as a pledge of love.
The ancients often gave peonies to each other when parting, and because of this, the peony has a most beautiful alias:Jiangli。
Cui Bao's "Gujin Zhu": the ancients gave peonies when seeing someone off, and used wenwu when calling someone back. Wenwu is also called danggui, and the peony is also called jiangli.
Jiangli, danggui, danggui, jiangli... what beautiful names, full of twists and turns, all kinds of feelings unexpectedly spoken fully by a single flower.
White peony
Since we have already said it to this point, we might as well just say it outright!
Tasha's confession secret tip No. 1:Don't give roses, give peonies; it's novel, and even more heartfelt.
The peony is certainly excellent for expressing love, but planting one purely for ornament is also especially perfect.
It is verylong-lived, and with proper care, its lifespan is over 50 years, and it does not need division to rejuvenate.
Peony spring buds
The flowers bloom in late spring, and it has"the last of spring"as a name; it is the last bright touch of spring.
The only thing worth noting is that peoniesdo not tolerate transplanting, so when planting, you must carefully choose the location in advance.
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