When to plant: bulbs, corms and tubers
by Rhiannon James
credit: freefotouk
Unsure about planting and flowering times of bulbs, corms and tubers? Our chart guides you through every month of the year: when to plant and when to expect flowers.
Table labels
P - planting time
F - flowering time
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Acis autumnalis | F | F | P F | P F | P | |||||||
Allium | F | F | P | P | ||||||||
Alstroemeria | P | P | F | F | F | F | ||||||
Anemone | P | P F | P F | F | F | F | P F | P | P | |||
Arisaema | F | |||||||||||
Begonia | P | P | F | F | F | F | ||||||
Canna | P | P | F | F | F | F | F | |||||
Chionodoxa | F | F | F | F | P | P | ||||||
Colchicum | P | P F | F | F | ||||||||
Crocosmia | P | P | F | F | ||||||||
Crocus | F | F | P F | P F | ||||||||
Cyclamen cilicium | P | P | P | P | P F | F | ||||||
Cyclamen coum | F | F | F | P | P | P | P | F | ||||
Cyclamen hederifolium | P | P F | P F | P F | H | |||||||
Dahlia | P | P | F | F | ||||||||
Dierama | P | F | F | |||||||||
Eranthis | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Erythronium | F | P | P | P | ||||||||
Freesia | P | F | F | |||||||||
Fritillaria | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Galanthus | F | F | F P | P | P | P | ||||||
Galtonia | P | P | F | F | F | |||||||
Gladiolus | P | P | F | F | F | |||||||
Hyacinthoides Hyacinthus | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Iris | F | F | F | P | P | |||||||
Ixia | F | F | P | P | ||||||||
Leucojum | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Lilium | P | P | P | F | F | F | P | P | P | |||
Muscari | F | F | F | P | P | |||||||
Narcissus | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Nectaroscordum | F | F | P | P | ||||||||
Nerine | P | P | F | F | F | |||||||
Ornithogalum | F | F | F | P | ||||||||
Ranunculus | P | P | P | F | F | P | P | P | P | |||
Scilla | F | F | P | P | P | |||||||
Sparaxis | F | F | P | |||||||||
Sternbergia | P | P F | F | F | ||||||||
Tritonia | P | P F | P F | F | ||||||||
Tulipa | F | F | F | P | ||||||||
Watsonia | F | F | F | P F | P F | |||||||
Zantedeschia | F | F | F | P |