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NOMOCHARIS CHINESE ALPINE LILY 豹子花属 Bao zi hua shu Liliaceae (Lily family). |
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| Nomocharis are small subalpine bulbs of the Himalaya with wide flowers on short stems. They were shuffled back and forth between Lilium and Fritillaria. for ages, then finally awarded their own genus. They like a cool, well aerated, humusy root run and light shade. | ||
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Photograph © Paige Woodward |
Nomocharis
aperta (Franchet) E.H. Wilson.开瓣豹子花
Kai ban bao zi
hua (Chinese). Here you see this
delightful bulb in our garden. The flowers are sometimes a little deeper
pink than this. They have a maroon heart ringed with maroon blotches, and
maroon anthers. This is said to be the easiest Nomocharis to grow. It does well in
Edinburgh and in Vancouver, BC. Height 20-25
cm (8-10"). Zone 6, perhaps colder.
Award of Garden Merit (Royal
Horticultural Society).
Bulb (Fall shipping only). $21.50 |
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| Nomocharis
aperta #2.
We bought these unseen as Lilium oxypetalum var. insigne,
a taxon introduced by George Forrest from Simla, India, but now lumped
into N. aperta. In his authoritative Lilies, A Guide for Growers
and Collectors, our friend Eddie McRae describes L. oxypetalum Baker
var. insigne Sealy as a vigorous grower with "purplish pink
and green" flowers. Height 20-25 cm (8-10"). Zone 6, perhaps
colder.
Bulb (Fall shipping only). $18.00 |
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| This page was updated March 28, 2008. | ||