| Common Name | Scientific Name | Type of "Bulb" | Light Requirement | Height (inches) | Planting Depth (inches) | Planting Season | Comments |
| Aconite, Winter | Eranthius hyemalis | Tuberous root | Sun to partial shade | 12 | 1 to 2 | Fall | Hardy |
| Agapanthus; Lily of the nile | Agapanthus africanus | Rhizome | Sun | 24 to 60 | 4 | Summer | Semi-hardy, mulch in zone 6 |
| Allium | Allium sphaerocephalon | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 2 to 3 | 2 to 3 | Fall | Hardy to semihardy |
| Alstroemeria | Alstroemeria hybrids | Tuberous root | Sun to partial shade | 24 to 48 | 6 | Fall | Semi-hardy, mulch in zone 6 |
| Anemone | Anemone blanda | Tuberous root | Sun to partial shade | 4 to 18 | 1 to 2 | Fall | Hardy |
| Crocus | Crocus spp. | Corm | Sun to partial shade | 4 to 6 | 4 | Fall | Hardy |
| Cyclamen | Cyclamen spp. | Tuber | Shade | 6 to 8 | 2 | Fall | Semi-hardy, mulch all zones |
| Fritillaria | Fritillaria spp. | Bulb | Partial shade | 6 to 48 | 5 to 8 | Fall | Hardy |
| Glory of the snow | Chionodoxa luciliae, C. gigantea | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 24 to 36 | 3 | Fall | Hardy |
| Grape hyacinth | Muscari spp. | Bulb | Sun | 12 | 2 | Fall | Hardy |
| Hyacinths | Hyacinthus orientalis | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 10 | 4 to 6 | Fall | Hardy |
| Iris, Dutch | Iris spp. | Bulb | Sun | 10 to 24 | 4 to 6 | Fall | Hardy |
| Lily of the valley | Convallaria majalis | Rhizome | Partial shade | 8 | 1 | Fall | Hardy |
| Narcissus | Narcissus spp. | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 3 to 24 | 8 | Fall | Hardy |
| Oxalis; Wood sorrel | Oxalis spp. | Bulb | Sun | 4 to 12 | 2 | Fall | Tender, mulch in zone 8 |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Type of "Bulb" | Light Requirement | Height (inches) | Planting Depth (inches) | Planting Season | Comments |
| Peony | Peony officinalis | Tuberous root | Sun to partial shade | 36 | 2 | Fall or spring | Hardy |
| Ranunculus | Ranunculus spp. | Tuberous root | Sun | 12 to 24 | 3 | Fall | Tender, mulch in zone 7, dig in zone 6 |
| Snowdrops | Galanthus nivalis | Bulb | Partial shade | 12 | 3 to 4 | Fall | Hardy |
| Snowflake | Leucojum spp. | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 3 to 24 | 3 | Fall | Hardy |
| Squill; Scilla | Scilla siberica, S. tubergeniana | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 6 to 18 | 2 to 4 | Fall | Hardy |
| Tulip | Tulipa spp. | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 6 to 24 | 8 | Fall | Hardy |
| Wood hyacinths | Scilla campanulate | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 6 to 10 | 4 to 6 | Fall | Hardy |
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