Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody'
Camassia 'Blue Melody'
Camassia naturalise well in gardens. It grows best in a well-drained soil high in humus. It will thrive in lightly shaded forest areas and on rocky outcrops as well as in open meadows or prairies. It can also be found growing in great numbers in moist meadows. It produces a multi-flowered stem with six-petaled flowers which vary in colour from pale lilac or white to deep purple or blue-violet. Camassia 'Blue Melody' grows well in a flower pot or patio container. Make sure you use fresh potting soil and put a layer of gravel or hydrograins at the bottom of the pot.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Camassia 'Blue Melody'
Latin name
Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody'
type
Bulb
family
Asparagaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody'
Camassia naturalise well in gardens. It grows best in a well-drained soil high in humus. It will thrive in lightly shaded forest areas and on rocky outcrops as well as in open meadows or prairies. It can also be found growing in great numbers in moist meadows. It produces a multi-flowered stem with six-petaled flowers which vary in colour from pale lilac or white to deep purple or blue-violet. Camassia 'Blue Melody' grows well in a flower pot or patio container. Make sure you use fresh potting soil and put a layer of gravel or hydrograins at the bottom of the pot.
Planting
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Bulbs should be planted in the autumn. They can be planted in a wide variety of growing situations but be most floriferous if planted in a sunny, moist but not waterlogged site. The bulbs are rounded, with small pointy ends. Plant the points facing upwards. Plants may also be divided in autumn after the leaves have withered with the individual divisions being planted in a moist, sunny site.