Camassia Cut Flower. Can be naturalised in grass but be aware that the leaves are slow to die down in summer which makes mowing difficult especially as grasses grow vigorously in the moist heavy soil that camassias like. Usually grown from camassia bulbs as seed grown plants will not bear flowers for about five years.
After planting water the camassia well gently soaking the soil to settle it around the bulbs. Blue white cream violet lilac. Back around 1800 history reports that sacajawea cooked camassia bulbs to feed the lewis and clark expedition.
Depending on the cultivar the flower color may be white cream blue or purple.
Camassia is an often overlooked but spectacular spring bulb that takes over the show after tulips drop their petals and daffodil foliage begins to yellow. Can be naturalised in grass but be aware that the leaves are slow to die down in summer which makes mowing difficult especially as grasses grow vigorously in the moist heavy soil that camassias like. Camassia is an often overlooked but spectacular spring bulb that takes over the show after tulips drop their petals and daffodil foliage begins to yellow. Camassia s flower stalks stand 24 30 tall and display dozens of star like florets that open from the bottom up.
