Bugle Lily
By LoveToKnow
Bugle Lily (Watsonia) - Beautiful bulbous plants of the Iris family. In the southern counties some of them succeed in open borders, but elsewhere they are tender.
Bugle Lily
Try these for a subtle change of pace from familiar Gladiolas. They too have swordlike leaves and sheaves of showy blossoms, but grow from corms rather than bulbs, and the smaller, more tubular flowers bloom on taller, branching stems.
Rose Bugle Lily - Bulb (corm) with foliage to 4-5' tall with deep rose flower in spring-summer. Full sun. Little irrigation required. Hardy to 10 F. [Watsonia pyramidata]
Watsonia borbonica 'Snow Queen' ...
bugle lily, bulbil bugle lily, bulbil bugle-lily, bulbil watsonia, Merian's bugle lily, watsonia, wild watsonia
Family
Iridaceae ...
Description:
Bugle Lily, a member of the Iris Family, heralds the arrival of rain by blooming immediately with reddish, trumpet-shaped flowers held along tall stalks.
Scarlet Bugle Lily [English]: Watsonia coccinea
Scarlet Bugler [English]: Penstemon barbatus coccineus
Scarlet Bugler [English]: Cleistocactus baumannii
Scarlet Bugler [English]: Penstemon centranthifolius ...
 See also: Lily, Watsonia, Bugle, Iris, Amaryllis
  
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