Col & Marj Drewitt
ABN 95 566 865 338
Summer Flowering Bulbs & Perennials
8-10 Henderson Hill Rd
Silvan Vic 3795
Mobile 0419 504 432
Email: admin@trainsforthegarden.com
Winter 2024
Stock available from End of May to Mid August
Scadoxus pole-evansii x
katherinii
A
true rarity. A
large globe-like orb with over 100 deep red orange
florets. The flower head is carried on a 1.20m
stem and is contrasted by lush green foliage.
They do best in a semi shaded position and grow
well in a large pot.
Small
Bulbs
$25.00 each
VERY FEW TO GO.
Gloriosa superba:
Commonly know as the Flame Lily. A smaller version
of G. Rothschildianna. A perennial tuberous vine
that can grow up to around 1.20m in length. It
enjoys a cool semi shaded position and does well in
a large tub. The flowers are orange-red with a
creamy yellow margin on each petal. The tuber is
dormant through the winter. Not for WA.
$6.00
per tuber
2 for $10.00
Various
other Summer
Flowering Bulbs & Bulbous plants
Crinum
moorei:
Large long necked bulbs, very drought resistant.
Has a scape of white flowers with a pink flush, on
stems up to 100cm. This bulb enjoys growing under
deciduous trees.
Large
Bulbs $15.00 each
Galtonia candicans:
Galtonia candicans is a bulbous
perennial, bearing a prolific display of waxy,
white bell shaped flowers on a tall
upright stem upwards of 75cm.
$4.00
each 3 for $10.00
Gladioli 'Pixi'
A
Pixioli Gladie passed down to me by my
mother, who purchased it from one of the old
fashioned Cole's Store in Melbourne over 70 years ago.
Very hardy
3
for $9.50
Hymenocallis festalis
Common name
'Sacred Lily of the Incas' Has several white
daffodil-like flowers on each 70 to 80cm stem. Petals
are thin and the trumpet is delicately fringed. Long
protruding stamens and stigma. Bulb is dormant in
winter.
Limited Numbers.
$7.50 each
2 for $12.00
Hymenocallis
harrisianna:
A
very rare form seldom offered, with
between four and five dainty white spider like
flowers on a 35cm stem. Not for QLD or WA.Bulb is dormant
in winter.
This
rarely offered tuber is a member of the Aroid family
dormant in winter. It is native to Yunnan in
China and cultivated in warm subtropical to tropical
East and Southeast Asia, from China and Japan south
to Indonesia and Vietnam. It is a perennial bulb,
growing from a large corm up to 25cm in diameter.
Once established the single leaf is up to
1.3m across, and divided into numerous leaflets.
The flowers are produced on a spathe enclosed
by a dark purple spadix.
Larger
bulbs two years from flowering $27.50 each
Small
bulbs three to four years from flowering $7.50 each
Very Limited Numbers
Lilium regale:
Originally from China. The
bulb bears pure white trumpet shaped fragrant
flowers which are contrasted by deep orange
coloured pollen boats. The bulbs are
unusually purple black in colour. 100cm
2 for $12.00
Lilium speciosa Hybrid
Hardy fragrant crimson red flower with a fine soft
pink margins on each of the well reflexed
petals. 110cm
$5.75.each
Sprekelia
“Formosissima Lily”:
Also known as the
Jacobean Lily. A very poor photo but a stunning
blood-red orchid-like flower in
December-January on a 35cm stem. Very Hardy.
$5.00 each 3 for $14.00
Tulbaghia violacea:
Is a clump-forming perennial with narrow
grey-leaves and clusters of violet flowers on 50cm
stems from midsummer to autumn An ideal
border plant.
4 for $10.00