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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Amaryllis

Begonia

Caladium

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.

Dahlia

Rainlily

Publications

Agapanthus orientalis: Agapanthus, African Lily, Lily of the Nile

Edward F. Gilman, Ryan W. Klein, and Gail Hansen

Daylilies for Florida

Sydney Park Brown

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

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

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Perennials

Flowers

Bulb Crops