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Plant List of Common Names De Warande Plant list of common names De Warande www.strongbulbs.com Alpine squill -- Scilla bifolia American wake-robin -- Trillium grandiflorum Bellwort -- Uvularia grandiflora Bieberstein’s crocus -- Crocus speciosus Birthroot -- Trillium erectrum Blue anemone -- Anemone apeninna Bluebell -- Hyacinthoides non-scripta Blue-flowered garlic -- Allium caeruleum Camass-- Camassia Cilician cyclamen -- Cyclamen ciclicium Cobra lily -- Arisaema grifithii Cranesbill, Tuberous-rooted -- Geranium tuberosum Crocus -- Crocus (autumn: click here) Cuckoo pint/Lords and ladies -- Arum maculatum Daffodil -- Narcissus Dog’s tooth violet -- Erythronium Drooping star of Bethlehem -- Ornithogalum nutans Dutch crocus -- Crocus vernus Early bulbous iris - Iris reticulata Early crocus -- Crocus tommasinianus Eastern cyclamen -- Cyclamen coum Fawn lily – Erythronium 'Pagoda' Few-flowered garlic -- Allium paradoxum Fox grape fritillary -- Fritillaria uva-vulpis Fumewort -- Corydalis solida Glory of the snow -- Chionodoxa Grape hyacinth -- Muscari Holewort/Hollow leek -- Corydalis cava Hoop petticoat daffodil -- Narcissus bulbocodium var. conspicuus Hyacint, Roman -- Hyacinthus orientalis Iris - Iris Italian arum --Arum italicum Jack in the pulpit – Arisaema tryphyllum Lily of the valley -- Convallaria majalis Meadow saffron -- Colchicum Misczenko squill -- Scilla miczenkoana Old pheasant’s eye --Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus Ornamental onion -- Allium atropurpureum Ornamental onion -- Allium nigrum Ramsons/wild garlic -- Allium ursinum Round-headed leek -- Allium sphaerocephalon Siberian squill -- Scilla siberica Sicilian Honey Garlic -- Nectaroscordum siculum Snake’s head fritillary -- Fritillaria meleagris Snowdrop -- Galanthus Spanish bluebell -- Hyacinthoides hispanica Spring snowflake -- Leucojum vernum Star of Bethlehem -- Ornithogalum Star of Persia -- Allium christophii Starflower -- Ipheion Striped squill -- Puschkinia Summer snowflake --Leucojum aestivum Tulip -- Tulipa Wild tulip -- Tulipa sylvestris Winter aconite -- Eranthis hyemalis Winter windflower -- Anemone blanda Wood anemone -- Anemone nemorosa Yellow anemone -- Anemone ranunculoides Yellow garlic -- Allium moly Yellow wood trillium -- Trillium luteum The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database, available atwww.rhs.org.uk, was used to compile this list of common names. .
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