Post on 15-Mar-2020
2020 GALVESTON COUNTY MASTER GARDENER SPRING SALE – FEBRUARY 15, 2020Perennial BULBS—We have them!! (plant once, enjoy for years)
Complete planting & care instructions provided in sale brochure and with purchase of bulbs at the sale
We have selected large, freshly harvested, healthy, bulbs that perform well in our coastal region and require no special handling prior to planting (such as pre-chilling). These bulbs can be placed directly in the ground now and, if planted correctly, will perennialize (come back every season) and naturalize (multiply and come back every year) in our region; continuing to bring blooms to your landscape season after season.
We are also selling one spectacular Annual Oriental lily worth planting for one season, the Starfighter, that will provide a “WOW” factor and fabulous scents in your garden! Our bulbs are not available from local garden stores. They were specially selected for this Master Gardener’s sale for YOU!!
Come early for the best selection, we’ve increased our order and will have: Glorioso Climbing Lily (also known as Flame Lilies or Glory Lilies) (instant sellout at prior sales)
Torch Lily (Red Hot Poker) – Add some Houston Astro’s colors to your landscape! (instant sellout at last sale)
8 Hybrid, Easy-to-grow, Asiatic Naturalizing (multiplies) Lilies (4 instant sell-outs from 2019 Spring Sale + 4 New Varieties)
8 Impressive caladium varieties not available in garden stores (3 instant sellouts from prior sales + 5 New Varieties) Caladiums are great for both container gardening or planting in the ground to accent your landscape
A gorgeous “collector bulb” Elephant Ear, White Lava, it’s a “clumping” no-hassle plant, with beautiful leaves for tropical gardens, very hard to come by in the market place! (Instant sellout at last sale)!
Liatris Spicata Mix (Prairie Gayfeather) – New for 2020, provides some of the most enticingly fragrant flowers to your landscape, easy to grow. Don’t plant near lilies where the scents will compete with others!
Polianthus Tuberose the Pearl. Beautiful and unique with a most heavenly scent! Plant near windows and doors in the ground or pots! (prior sale sellout!)
Pineapple Lily (Bicolor Eucomis) an exotic focal point for your landscape – be the first on your block to get one! (Instant sellout in 2019)
Starfighter Annual Oriental Lily, (Instant sellout last sale!) that will add fragrance to your landscape or bouquets
NEW! American Warrior (Dusty Rose)
American Tradition Lily (cream & White)
American Native Lily (orange yellow) American Cheerleader Lily (Tangerine rose)
American Hot Chocolate (Deep Purple Red)
Hybrid Asiatic Lilies (all grow 26-40” tall)
NEW! American Treasure Lily (canary yellow)
NEW! Sweet Sugar Lily (soft pink & wine)
“ANNUAL” ORIENTAL LILY
Tritoma (Kniphofia) Red Hot Poker (Torch Lily) (spikes grow to 48” tall)
(instant sellout last sale!)
Tuberose the Pearl (grows 24-36” tall)
Polianthes tuberosa
Glorioso Climbing LilyGloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’ (grows up to 5’ tall) Instant sellout
last sale!
Bicolor Eucomis ComosaPineapple Lily(grows 16-24” tall)
Colocasia esculenta 'White Lava’ Elephant Ear (Instant sellout last sale!)
Very Rare “Collector” Clumping bulb (grows 30” tall)
Starfighter Lilium orientalis
Instant sellout last sale!
NEW! Sweet Zanica Asiatic Lily (White & Wine)
Puppy Love (rich Pink color)Full sun to partial shade
Grows 18-24” tall
STRAP LEAF CALADIUMS
Mt. Everest Grows 14-18” tall(instant sellout last sale!) (bright white, dark green edge, raspberry veining) Full sun to partial shade
NEW! Red Glamour Full sun
Grows 12-14” tall dark red pink to salmon with dark green & red mottled veins with dark green border. Leaves are relatively flat, shiny and very
thick
NEW! Tiki Torch – Morning sun to
shade, grows 10-12” tall. Scarlet red with a broad chartreuse margin
NEW! Restless Heart (dark green with red veins
and interveinal areas are reddish pink with random red orange and green spots & pink splotches
6-8 hours of Morning Sun to partial shadeGrows 14-16” tall
FANCY LEAF CALADIUMS
NEW! Sunset Pink (bright salmon pink almost rose
center. Dark green edges) 4-6 hours of morning sun .
Best in partial sun to shade Grows 14-16” tall
NEW! Summer BreezeWhite leaves with dramatic pink. Prefers full shade.
Grows 18-24” tall
Moonlight
Instant sellout last sale!
Luminious white with very fine green veins. Best in shade Grows 18-24” tall
NEW! Liatris Spicata Mix Full Sun. Grows 24”-30” tall