Camas Bulbs For Sale

Native peoples have refined the art of skillfully digging the bulbs with a crafted stick and then slow cooking camas in an earthen oven a finely tuned skill.

Camas bulbs for sale. Quantity 500 for 115 00. A great place to see camassia in its native habitat is at the camassia natural area. Quantity 50 for 14 00. Quantity 100 for 25 00.

Camas bulbs need to be cooked at low temperatures for at least 12 hours allowing maximum conversion from inulin to fructose making them sweet and sugary like a pear or fig. 6 9 inches spread. Bloom time in horticultural zone 5. 18 24 inches ship as.

6 9 inches light requirements. Camassia quamash bulbs are an excellent choice for moist loam and clay soils. The flower rise in an open spike of star shaped. Plus bulbs in the wild can be mistaken as camassia when in fact they are a poisonous look alike you ll need four bulbs per square foot.

Full to partial sunlight. First documented by lewis and clark in the cascade mountains where the bulb was an important food plant for the native americans this lovely wildflower is very cold hardy and long lived. 3 25 quantity 10 for 3 25. 5 large camassia bulbs botanical name.

10 0105 price starts at. Camassia leichtlinii semiplena exposure. Spring planted bulbs perennials and tropicals will be available to be ordered again in january 2021. Located just a few miles.

Appreciates moist fertile and acidic soil in full sun to part shade. 6 8 cm bulb spacing. Camassia quamash item number. Now for the first time we re thrilled to offer live bulbs that are ready to bloom.

They have long narrow leaves and the esculenta variety has bluish violet starry flowers. Camas have the signature strap like leaves with the flowering stem rising above the graceful cascade of leaves. It would be a beautiful combination. Camas lily is a lovely native bulb species that blooms in late spring with clear blue flowers.

Camas are a great plant to naturalize in your garden. Plant 5 deep and. Plant in meadows open woodlands and in groups for showy results. Camassia leichtlinii semi plena.

It produces blue star shaped flowers from a tall spiky stem. Common camas is arguably the most important historic native food plant in the northwest and we ve sold the seed of this beautiful blue wildflower for years. Square footage is determined by multiplying the planting site s length times its width bulb size. Late spring to early summer flower form.

They make make large clumps that flower freely in late spring early summer a. If you ve already tossed narcissus bulbs hither and yon to naturalize an area of your landscape consider adding the native camas into the mix. Although you can t tell by its name camassia are members of the hyacinth family. Camassia comes back year after year and is deer resistant.