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Where
the garden meets the wild
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DICHELOSTEMMA FIRECRACKER FLOWER, BLUE DICKS Liliaceae (Lily family) / Themidaceae (Brodiaea family) |
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These spectacular flowering corms of western North America are closely related to Brodiaea and Triteleia. |
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Photograph © Pat Woodward |
Dichelostemma ida-maia (A.W. Wood) E. Greene. Firecracker
flower. Attention-grabbing clusters of tubular flowers ~ hot pink to
red with apple-green
cuffs ~ bloom in June on wiry, leafless stems. Needs excellent drainage,
part-day shade and a dry summer. Native to S Oregon and N California,
where it is reputed to be one of the few bulbs pollinated by hummingbirds.
Certainly hummingbirds are drawn to it. Our bulbs descend from seed wild-collected in
California. Height to 100 cm
(40"). Often called Zone 8; we grow it sheltered from winter rain in
Zone 6.
Bulb $2.00 |
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| This page was updated March 25, 2008. | ||