Award-winner Allium karataviense (Turkistan Onion) is highly decorative with its elegant globe-shaped clusters, 3 in. wide (8 cm), packed with starry pale pink flowers, and its beautiful foliage of broad, recurved, blue-green leaves, slightly red-edged. Blooming in late spring to early summer, this charming bulbous perennial enjoys long-lasting blooms and remains ornamental in the garden well into summer. This allium is also one of the best for containers. Once the flowers are finished, the faded seed heads look like small sunbursts on dried stems. This drought-tolerant bulb is excellent for hot dry sites and loves to bake during the summer months.

Very fragrant, multiple award-winner Narcissus 'Cheerfulness' boasts long-lasting, double flowers, 2.5 in. across (6 cm), with multiple creamy-white petals interspersed with yellow flecks at the center. The flowers, 3-6 per stem, cluster together at the top of the stems and appear in mid or late spring. Reliably perennial, you can't help but smile when looking at this daffodil!

Very popular and reliable, multi award-winning Narcissus 'Hawera' is a dwarf daffodil boasting 6-8 gracefully nodding, pale canary yellow flowers per stem, each mildly fragrant bloom adorned with starry, slightly reflexed petals. This dwarf daffodil produces up to 9 stems, giving the aspect of a cheerful bouquet in mid to late spring. Long-lived, it forms large, vigorous clumps when grown in acid soil. A great pick for containers.

Sweetly fragrant, multiple award-winner Narcissus 'Ice Follies' produces large flowers, 4 in. across (9.5 cm), adorned with creamy-white petals and a flared, frilled, lemon-yellow cup that fades to pale cream over time. Blooming in early to mid-spring, this fast-growing and popular Large-Cupped Daffodil is a wonderful naturalizer as well as a good forcer. A heavy bloomer and vigorous grower, it makes excellent cut flowers too!

Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty' is a sweetly scented, early blooming tulip, with soft apricot flowers beautifully reverberating in the sunlight. It enjoys a very strong stem that will withstand wind and rain. Adored by gardeners, this acclaimed member of the Single Early Tulips group is considered one of the prettiest apricot cultivars. Growing up to 16 inches tall (40 cm), this tulip creates dazzling harmonies with other early flowering bulbs.

Tulipa 'Monte Carlo' is extremely showy with its double row of bright golden yellow petals, and slightly feathered red. Resembling peonies like most Double Early Tulips, 'Monte Carlo' is also fragrant and remains unsurpassed as a cut flower - over 40 years after its introduction. This eye-catcher will brighten your garden in early-mid spring. Growing only 8-12 inches tall (20-30 cm) on sturdy stems, it will proudly withstand April's showers.

Weather resistant and one of the strongest tulips, Tulip 'Pink Impression' is a giant tulip with vibrant, deep rose petals at the center, slightly shading to a softer pink around the edges. It has a commanding presence in the garden in mid-late spring. Growing up to 20-24 inches tall (50-60 cm), this regal tulip naturalizes easily and will come back year after year to your delight!

Vigorous, Crocus sieberi is a late winter-flowering crocus producing its charming flowers as the snow melts. Regarded by some as one of the most attractive crocuses, it is very hardy and ridiculously easy to grow, making long-lived clumps. Easily established, this crocus increases nicely over time, providing attractive splashes of color, like scattered gemstones sparkling on the ground!

Erythronium dens-canis 'Japonicum' (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting graceful, nodding, violet flowers, one per stem, in mid-late spring. Each blossom features elegantly reflexed petals adorned with dark purple markings in the throat. The reflexed petals reveal long, purple-tipped white anthers. The blossoms rise well above the basal foliage of broadly-oval leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Award-winning Erythronium dens-canis 'Lilac Wonder' (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting elegant, nodding, lilac-pink flowers, one per stem, in mid-late spring. Each blossom features gracefully recurved, pointed petals adorned with contrasting chocolate brown markings in the throat. They rise well above the basal foliage of mid-green, elliptic leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens, or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Erythronium dens-canis 'Purple King' (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting elegant, nodding, mauve-pink flowers, one per stem, in mid-late spring. Each blossom, 2 in. across (5 cm), features gracefully recurved, pointed petals adorned with yellow markings in the throat. The reflexed petals reveal long, purple-tipped white anthers. The blossoms rise well above the basal foliage of broadly-oval leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Erythronium dens-canis 'Rose Queen' (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting elegant, nodding, rose-pink flowers, one per stem, in mid-late spring. Each blossom, 2 in. across (5 cm), features gracefully recurved, pointed petals adorned with yellow markings in the throat. The reflexed petals reveal long, purple-tipped white anthers. The blossoms rise well above the basal foliage of broadly-oval leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Erythronium dens-canis 'Snowflake' (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting elegant, nodding, white flowers, one per stem, in mid-late spring. Each blossom, 2 in. across (5 cm), features gracefully recurved, pointed petals adorned with contrasting markings in the throat. The reflexed petals reveal long, violet-tipped white anthers. The blossoms rise well above the basal foliage of broadly-oval leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Erythronium dens-canis (Dog's Tooth Violet) is a charming perennial boasting elegant, nodding, mauve-pink flowers, one per stem, in mid-spring. Relatively large, each blossom, 2 in. across (5 cm), features gracefully recurved, pointed petals adorned with contrasting cinnamon-brown and yellow markings in the throat. They rise well above the basal foliage of mid-green, elliptic leaves, copiously marbled with purple-brown. Lovely in groups under deciduous trees, in rock gardens, or near ponds and streams where it will happily multiply.

Adding a burst of color to your spring, Fritillaria meleagris (Checkered Lily) features 1 or 2 nodding flowers per stem, generally presenting an interesting checkerboard pattern of dark purples and whites - although all-white varieties are also available. Blooming in mid to late spring, this hardy bulbous plant grows up to 14-16 in. tall (35-40 cm). Great for borders, rock gardens, under trees and shrubs and perennial beds. Perfect for naturalizing in a moist woodland edge. Hardiness Zones: 4-8

Native to Central and Southern Europe as well as Turkey, Scilla bifolia (Alpine Squill) is one of the earliest spring bloomers, producing two strap-shaped, semi-erect basal leaves and 1 to 6 upright scapes, each of which is topped with a one-sided 2-10 flowered raceme of starry gentian-blue flowers. Blooming heartily from early to mid-spring, Alpine Squill is a beautiful and reliable addition to the landscape, where it will happily multiply in optimum growing conditions. A wonderful way to add a sea of color to the rock garden or the border front. Typically grows up to 3-6 in. tall (7-15 cm). Hardiness Zones: 3-8

Native to the Iberian Peninsula, Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish Bluebell) is a great bulbous perennial that is easy to grow, low care and incredibly good-looking. Each bulb produces attractive, nodding, bell-shaped flowers hanging from sturdy, round flower stalks, atop clumps of glossy strap-shaped leaves. Blooming heartily from mid to late spring, Spanish Bluebell is a beautiful and reliable addition to the landscape, where it will happily multiply in optimum growing conditions. Typically forms spreading clumps up to 12-18 in tall. Hardiness Zones: 3-8