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Early Blooming Plants

Lenten Rose Helleborus niger
Photo courtesy of Langeveld Bulb

Chionodoxa forbesii 'Pink Giant'
Photo courtesy of Langeveld Bulb

 

Common Name Botanical Name Color Preferred Soil Preferred Light Flower Height
Windflower Anemone apennina Blue, rose, white Well drained neutral to alkaline Light Shade 2-9”
Spring Meadow Saffron Bulbocodium vernum Violet red Well drained neutral to acid Sun  4”
Glory-of-the-snow Chionodoxa luciliae, C. gigantea, C. sardensis  White, blue, pink Well drained neutral to acid Sun or light shade 3-6”
Crocus Crocus flavus, C. imperati, C. laevigatus, C. biflorus Yellow, orange, lilac, rose, white, blue Well drained neutral to acid Sun or light shade 2-4”
Cyclamen Cyclamen coum, C. pseudibericum White, pink, crimson, carmine, purple  Well drained neutral to alkaline Light shade  6-8”
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis, E. cilicia yellow  Well drained neutral to alkaline Sun or light shade 2-8”
Snowdrop Galanthus elwesii, G. nivalis White, Green Moist heavy or loamy, neutral to alkaline Light shade 6-12’
Christmas Rose Helleborus niger White, green Well drained loam, neutral to alkaline Light shade 12”
Lenten Rose Helleborus orientalis White, green, pink, maroon, yellow   Rich, heavy, neutral Sun or light shade 24”
Reticulated Iris   Iris reticulat, I. danfodiae, I. bakerana, I.winogradowii Violet, purple, blue, yellow, orange Well drained, neutral Sun 3-8”
Spring Snowflake Leucojum vernum White Well drained Sun or light shade 2-8’
 Striped Squill  Puschkinia scilloides White, blue Well drained neutral to acid Sun or light shade  6’
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica, S. bifolia, S. tubergeniana blue  Well drained neutral to acid Sun or light shade 10-18”
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