Description
Mid-late spring-flowering bulb
Description: Charming purple, rose, and white flowers with checkered patterns; flowers nodding and bell-shaped; thin, pale green foliage
Habit: Flowering stalks 12-15 inches high
Culture: Prefers light shade and moist loam; plant bulbs 3-4 inches deep and 3-4 inches apart
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 through 8
Origin: England, Eastern Europe, Russia
Attributes: Deer resistant
5 bulbs per bag
This delightful bulb is native to English meadows and was grown in American gardens before 1700. If well-situated in moist ground, it can persist for many years naturalized in lawns or beds rich in leaf mold. Guinea Hen Flower is known by several names, including Snakes-head Lily, Madam Ugly, and Drooping Tulip. The 1597 edition of John Gerards Herbal lists it as Checkered Daffodil and Ginnie Hen Flower and describes the flowers as "
checkered most strangely... surpassing
the curiousest painting that Art can set downe".
zone4,zone5,zone6,zone7,zone8
