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Calochortus

CALOCHORTUS (click on any photograph to get more information)

 


C. albus (pink form)

Common Name: Pink Globe Lily or Fairy Lantern

A pink to light rose version of C. albus; often has several nodding flowers per stem. Found on banks in lower foothills around the latitude of San Luis Obispo, southern California. Prefers filtered shade. Grown from coastal foothill seeds at 1800'. Adaptable and easy to culture.

Bulbs:$4.00 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 


C. albus v. rubellus

Common Name: Red Globe Lily or Fairy Lantern

A rose to wine-red version of C. albus; often has several nodding flowers per stem. Found on banks in lower foothills around the latitude of San Luis Obispo, southern California. Prefers filtered shade. Grown from coastal foothill seeds at 1800'. Adaptable and easy to culture.

Bulbs:$4.00 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 

 


C.argillosus
(northern form)

 

Common Name: Clay Mariposa Lily

Large flowers range from purple to lavender to white, with a central red spot within a pale yellow nectary. All have a "sparks–in–a–wheel" effect in shades of pink on the inner base of the flower. Grows in the Coast Range from Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to Santa Barbara County. This form is the northerly—white with a lavender blush on the outside of the petals.

Bulbs:$4.00 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 

 


C.catalinae

 

Common Name: Catalina Island Mariposa Lily

Despite the name, this flower is also found on the mainland, from the coast itself inwards to the coastal rangen. These seeds come from San Luis Osibispo County in Central California, on Figuero Mountain.

Bulbs: $4.00 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 

 


C. luteus

 

Common Name: Gold Nuggets

Large bright yellow flowers marked with brick red or brown on 12 to 24" stems. Enjoys full sun and heat. From seed collected in lower foothills of Yuba county, 400 to 1400'. Adaptable and easy to grow.

Bulbs: $3.50 each.

 

 


C.splendens

 

Common Name: Splendid Mariposa Lily

Tulip–like flowers of lavender pink with dark purple anthers and a small purple spot at the inner base of each petal. Prefers full sun, summer heat and granite soils. Grown from N. California seed, Lake County.

Bulbs:$4.00 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 


C.superbus

 

Common Name: Superb Mariposa Lily

Large flowers are usually creamy white marked with red/brown and yellow inside. Stems are 18 to 24" high. Found in sunny meadows, often rocky locations. Seed collected from several Sierra foothill locations from 1800 to 2400'.

Bulbs:$3.50 each. SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2011

 

 


C.uniflorus

 

Common Name: Large–flowered, Meadow or Pink Star Tulip

Medium–sized flowers are translucent pink to pale lavender, and are entirely hairless. Grows 8 to 15" high. Found in boggy places which dry out late in spring, and so can tolerate more water, later, than other Calochortus. Widely distributed from Southern Oregon to San Luis Osibispo County in Central California. Bulbs grown from Lake County seeds.

Bulbs: $3.50 each.

 

 

 


C.venustus (colored)

 

 

Common Name: Butterfly Mariposa Lily

Large showy flowers are the rarer shades of pink, lavender, red, bronze and maroon (the most common form is white). Grows in full sun or filtered light under native shrubs. Requires excellent drainage. Seed from Southern Sierras.

Bulbs:$4.00 each.

 

 


C.vestae (colored)

 

Common Name: Goddess Mariposa Lily

We sell these flowers in a white form and a colored form; colors vary from light pink to reddish pink. Grow from 19" to 30" tall. Found on sunny, grassy slopes with stony clay soils. Seed collected from North Coast Range locations.

Bulbs:$4.00 each.

 

 

 

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