Potatoes and onion sets begin shipping in late
March.
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 7-10 business days to process.
This North American native bloom adds late spring color and texture.
Silvery medium-blue 2" starry flowers bloom along strong upright racemes. Low maintenance and a great cutflower, especially paired with Alba.
C. leichtlinii tolerates soil slightly wetter than other Camassia, but will not tolerate standing water all season.
24-32" tall. Late Spring to Early Summer blooms Z3–7. 14/16cm.
Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around September 30 through October. Bulbs can be planted successfully up until your ground freezes.
Note to Alaska and far north customers: We cannot guarantee an early shipment, so please plan accordingly and order early.
We cannot accommodate specific ship date requests or guarantee your order will arrive by a certain day.
ships in fall
6457
Camas Lily Caerulea
Additional Information
Camas Lily Camassia leichtlinii
Sometimes called Indian Hyacinth. The name camas comes from the Nez Perce word for ‘sweet,’ and this species is native to western North America. Spikes of delicate 6-petaled blossoms open sequentially from the bottom up above lush strappy foliage. Blooms after most spring flowers are gone but before early summer flowers peak. Deer and rodent resistant. Prefers moist well-drained fertile soil around ponds, in light woods, or in the garden, and has the potential to naturalize. Tolerates wet soil better than other Camassia species, but not standing water. Full to partial sun.
Novelties and Specialties
The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.
