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Camas are a great plant to naturalize in your garden.
Camas bulbs. A great place to see camassia in its native habitat is at the camassia natural area. Camas lily is a lovely native bulb species that blooms in late spring with clear blue flowers. 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. Hard to find yet so easy to grow.
Plant bulbs 4 to 6 inches deep and 6 inches apart. Camassia plants grow best in full sun and moist fertile well drained soil. Common camas is a stout robust plant 12 28 inches 30 70 cm tall with a dense inflorescence. The camassia lily bulb camassia quamash syn.
The leaves are long and narrow grass like and emerge from the base. If camassia is planted near a stream or pond make sure to plant it above the high water mark. Camassia quamash bulbs are an excellent choice for moist loam and clay soils. Common camas flowers are light to deep blue.
Even though camassia likes soil with a bit of moisture it can not be submerged in water. Plant 5 deep and 5 apart. 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. Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to western north america.
They are perennial plants with basal linear leaves measuring 8 to 32 inches in length which emerge early in the spring. Cool history as a food staple for native americans. The longer they re cooked the sweeter they get. It is a perennial herb that grows from an edible bulb.
It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They grow to a height of 12 to 50 inches with a multi flowered stem rising above the main plant in summer. The six petaled flowers vary in color from pale. Full to partial sunlight.
It would be a beautiful combination. The sweet bulbs of the common camas are considered by many to be a northwest native food delicacy. More than three flowers in an inflorescence may be open at one time. Bloom time in horticultural zone 5.
They will tolerate part shade and a woodland planting area. Ingredients 1 2 pound blue camas bulbs about a dozen 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon verjus lemon juice or white wine vinegar smoked salt. Common names include camas quamash indian hyacinth camash and wild hyacinth. Camassia bloom brilliant blue purple and crisp white flowers.
Camassia esculenta is a beautiful spring blooming native north american plant that will grow in usda plant hardiness zones 3 8. Like other spring bulbs camassia is planted in the fall.
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