Camas Bulbs For Sale

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Camas bulbs for sale. Camassia are hardy bulbous perennials the best time to plant them in dry bulb form is september to november in reliably moist soil. Camas indian hyacinth origin. They will flower the following spring. Camas bulbs need to be cooked at low temperatures for at least 12 hours allowing maximum conversion from inulin to fructose making them sweet and sugary like a pear or fig.

Camas is lily like in appearance with grassy leaves. It needs full sun and thrives in damp or even wet soil. Camassia quamash bulbs are an excellent choice for moist loam and clay soils. Starry purplish blue flowers rise in loose spikes on tall stems.

Your bulbs should ideally be planted immediately or stored in your refrigerator for planting later in the winter. Camassia do not like being grown under cover. Sold out important product notes. Camassia leichtlinii semiplena exposure.

Camassia is resistant to deer but rodents such as voles and gophers may eat the. Camassia is most effective when planted in clusters in a shrub border or grassy area where it looks perfectly natural. First documented by lewis and clark in the cascade mountains where the bulb was an important food plant for the native americans this lovely wildflower is very cold hardy and long lived. Camassia quamash item number.

Native peoples have refined the art of skillfully digging the bulbs with a crafted stick and then slow cooking camas in an earthen oven a finely tuned skill. Full sun to partial shade hardiness. All our camassia bulb orders are shipped out during september to november. Common camas typically grows up to a foot and a half tall and prefers loose fertile soils.

Spring planted bulbs perennials and tropicals will be available to be ordered again in january 2021. Camassia quamash and camassia leichtlinii common name. They are otherwise known as camas quamash wild hyacinth or indian hyacinth. Camassia are a genus of plants within the asparagaceae family native to both canada and america.

Historically the genus was placed within the lily family although further biochemical studies re classified camassia. Camas lily is a lovely native bulb species that blooms in late spring with clear blue flowers. Members of the lily family camas have the signature strap like leaves with the flowering stem rising above the graceful cascade. 5 large camassia bulbs botanical name.

Catalogue fall planted shipped 9 1 17 to 1 15 18 spring fall.