This indoor bulb gardens pot contains iris which bloom first, followed by daffodils, then tulips and finally hyacinth. Each of these flowers are renowned for their fragrance and color.
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This perennial garden can be enjoyed indoors this year and transplanted outside so that these hardy flowers can make another appearance next spring.
Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow. Some authors state that the name refers to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. It is a popular garden flower. Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3–10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
Daffodil are the common name for Narcissus, a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Another common name for the daffodil is the jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. Narcissus has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.
Tulips (Tulipa) are a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly colored, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm colors). They often have a different colored blotch at the base of the tepals (petals and sepals, collectively), internally. Because of a degree of variability within the populations, and a long history of cultivation, classification has been complex and controversial. The tulip is a member of the lily family, Liliaceae, along with 14 other genera, where it is most closely related to Amana, Erythronium and Gagea in the tribe Lilieae.
Hyacinth grow from bulbs, each producing around four to six linear leaves and one to three spikes or racemes of flowers. In the wild species, the flowers are widely spaced with as few as two per raceme in H. litwinovii and typically six to eight in H. orientalis which grows to a height of 15–20 cm (6–8 in). Cultivars of H. orientalis have much denser flower spikes and are generally more robust.
Call Olney’s Flowers today and ask about the availability of the indoor bulb garden. They are expected to sell out fast and once they are gone you will have to wait until next year to get another chance. Or, check out our other posts if you are interested in flowers for delivery.