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Common
Name
|
Scientific
Name
|
Geontype
|
Light
Requirment
|
Height
|
Flower
season
|
Planting
Depth
|
Planting
Season
|
Hardiness
|
| Amaryllis | Hippeastrum spp = Amaryllis spp. | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 24 to 36 |
Early
|
. | . | . |
| Begonia, Tuberous | Begonia x tuberhybrida | Tuber | Partial shade to shade | 12 to 18 |
Summer to
fall
|
2 | Spring | Tender |
| Caladium | Caladium hortulanum | Tuber | Partial shade | 6 to 24 |
Grown for
foliage
|
1 | Spring | Tender, needs warm soil or will rot |
| Calla lily | Zantedeschia americanum | Rhizome, tubers | Sun to partial shade | 12 to 24 |
Early summer
|
2 | Spring or fall | Tender, dig in zone 6, mulch in zone 7 |
| Canna | Canna hybrids | Tuberous root | Sun | 24 to 84 |
Summer to
frost
|
5 | Late spring | Semihardy, mulch all zones |
| Clivia | Clivia minata | Fleshy root | Sun to partial shade | 24 |
Summer
|
1 | Fall, | . |
| Crinum; Cape lily | Crinum spp. | Bulb | Sun | 24 to 48 |
Summer
|
4 | Fall or spring | Semihardy, mulch in zone 8 |
| Crocosmia | Crocosmia hybrids | Corm | Sun | 34 to 36 |
Summer
|
3 | Spring | Semihardy, mulch in zones 6, 7 |
| Dahlia | Dahlia spp. | Tuberous root | Sun | 24 to 84 |
Summer
|
4 to 6 | Spring | Tender in zones 6, 7 mulch in zone 8 |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis spp. | Tuberous root | Sun to partial shade | 12 to 36 |
Summer
|
1 | Spring or fall | Hardy |
| Elephant's ear | Colocasia esculenta | Tuber | Sun | 36 to 48 |
Summer
|
2 | Spring | Tender, dig and store |
| Foxtail lily | Eremurus | Tuberous root | Sun | 36 to 72 |
Summer
|
2 | Fall | Hardy, mulch all zones |
| Galtonia | Galtonia candicans | Bulb | Sun to partial shade | 24 to 36 |
Late summer
|
7 | Fall or spring | Semihardy, mulch |
| Gladiolus | Gladiolus spp. | Corm | Sun | 36 to 48 |
Summer
|
4 | Spring | Tender, dig and store corms |
| Japanese spider lily | Nerine bowdenii | Bulb | Sun | 24 |
Fall
|
4 | Fall | Semihardy, mulch in zones 7, 8 |
| Liatris; Blazing stars | Liatris spicata | Corm | Sun to partial shade | 12 to 48 |
Summer
|
2 | Spring or fall | Hardy |
| Lily, Asiatic | Lilium asiatic hybrids | Bulb | Sun | 12 to 96 |
Summer
|
2 to 6 | Fall | Hardy |
| Lily, Blackberry | Belamcanda chinensis | Rhizome | Sun to partial shade | 30 to 36 |
Summer
|
1 | Spring | Semihardy, mulch in zone 6 |
| Lily, Oriental | Lilium | Bulb | Sun | 24 to 36 |
Summer
|
6 | Spring | Hardy |
| Lily, Pineapple | Eucomis bicolor | Bulb | Full sun | 18 to 24 |
Summer
|
Level with soil | Spring | Hardy |
| Star of Bethlehem | Ornithogalu m umbellatum | Bulb | Sun | 10 to 16 |
Summer
|
4 | Fall | Tender, mulch in zone 8 |
| Zephyr lily | Zephranthes atamasco | Bulb | Sun | 12 |
Late summer
|
1 to 2 | Fall | Semihardy in zones 7, 8 |
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