Native Plant Propagation Guidelines:
forbs
A perennial herb from 10 to 30 cm in height. It grows from a small grey-brown, egg shaped bulb with a fibrous, net-like network on the surface, inner scales white. The 2-3 or more basal leaves are linear and cylindric, 1-3 mm wide and wither before the flowers appear. The flowers are rose coloured, parchment-like and stand erect. in upright umbels with 7-25 flowers and with 2 bracts under the umbel. Both the sepals and petals are fine pointed and curl outwards. The fruit is a capsule with 3 obscure ridges and black seeds. The entire plant smells and tastes of onion. Blooms from May to July. (Pojar and MacKinnon, 2004; Douglas et al, 2001). Photo by Chris Junck. Click here for propagation information.
Perennial herb from an egg-shaped to nearly globe-shaped, scaly bulb, the outer scales brownish to grey, with a wavy, fibrous network, the inner scales red or white; 10-40 cm tall. 2 to 4 basal leaves, withering early, linear, channeled to cylindric, shorter than the flowering stem, very slender, smooth, margins entire; stem leaves lacking. Flowers white to pink, saucer shaped, of 6 distinct tepals, the tepals 5-9 mm long, lanceolate with pointed tips, spreading, in fruit becoming papery and folding over the ovaries; stamens 6, nearly as long as the tepals; pistil 1, 3-chambered. Seed capsules are more or less egg-shaped, 3-lobed, with 6 low, rounded crests; seeds 6 or fewer, black. Click here for propagation information.
Spring-flowering perennial 10–50 cm tall, growing from a bulb which smells strongly of onion. Many pink, bell-shaped flowers form an umbrella-shaped cluster which “nods” at the end of a leafless stem curved at the top. Self-perpetuating ground-cover. Showy long-season bloomer. Good for front borders, spaced 15-30 cm apart. Flowers spring through summer. Attracts butterflies. Grows in dry open woods, exposed grassy places and rocky crevices. Hardy plant for exposed sites, tolerating full sun to light shade, drought, wind and salt spray. Sandy, well-drained soil; neutral to slightly acidic. Photo by Carrina Maslovat. Click here for propagation information.
Perennial herb up to 30 cm tall from a deeply buried round, scaly corm about 2 cm across. Flowers violet-purple, vase-shaped, 2-4 cm long, unequally stalked; in loose umbels of 2-10 (usually 3-5) flowers. Attractive when used in rockeries and front of borders. Plant 15 cm apart for best results. Mix with nodding onion, common camas, satin flower and native bunchgrasses. Photo by Moralea Milne. Click here for propagation information.
Perennial herb from a deep, egg-shaped bulb 2-4 cm long; flowering stems 20-100 cm tall, smooth. Basal leaves several to numerous, linear-lanceolate and grass-like, to 60 cm long. Use in meadows, grassy slopes and banks. Showy bloom with attractive seed heads. Very tough plant for exposed, hot dry sites once established. Use in containers or along pond edges. Plant bulbs fairly deep and space 6-12” to form a drift in sun in dry to moist but well-drained soil. Photo by Emily Gonzales. Click here for propagation information.