Bulbs for Florida
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Florida gardeners can choose from a wide variety of bulbous plants that will thrive and produce beautiful flowers year after year with proper care. Bulbous plants have thickened underground storage organs which enable them to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. These underground organs are usually the propagative units of the plants.
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Begonia
Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants in cooler climates.
Crinum
A fine specimen plant, crinum lilies also make excellent underplantings for palms or other coarsely textured landscape plants. They are well-suited to hot, dry locations, and grow from what are among the largest true bulbs, some weighing over 40-pounds.
Publications
Agapanthus spp. and hybrids: Agapanthus, African Lily, Lily of the Nile
Edward F. Gilman, Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein
Agapanthus has strap-like leaves and clusters of large blue or white flowers funnel-shaped flowers, which atop long flower stalks. It is attractive to pollinators and can be used in the landscape in a variety of ways.
Native Aquatic and Wetland Plants: Golden Canna: Canna flaccida
Edward F. Gilman, Carl J. Della Torre III, and Lyn A. Gettys
A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. Published by Plant Systems