Camassia cusickii
Asparagaceae
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Habitat:
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wet meadows
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Flowering:
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late spring
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Size:
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5
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70
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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good garden soil
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Camassia cusickii `Zwanenburg`
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Price
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£5.00
(1 bulb)
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Order code:
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CCC-1B
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A group of bulbs from damp meadows in N. America. They produce tall, branched flower spikes bearing large, starry or cup-shaped flowers, in shades of blue, purple or white. Apply winter mulch for protection against frost. The bulbs of C. quamash were eaten by N. American Indians.
Camassia cusickii has pale blue starry flowers and pale wavy-edged leaves.
Other related plants:
Grey-green, wavy-edged leaves and deep blue starry flowers.
Spike of pale blue, starry flowers.
Spike of blue, cup-shaped flowers; variegated foliage.