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Single Mexican Tuberose
Single Mexican Tuberose
Delightful, small, waxy white flowers add a bit of the tropics to the summer garden. Single Mexican Tuberose features fragrant flowers that attract pollinators during the summer months. It's also a superb cut flower. The fragrance of tuberose has long been used in perfumes to provide soft middle notes that linger. This seductive aroma has made tuberose one of the most sought-after blooms for fragrant cutting gardens and as a border plant. Though native to Mexico, tuberose performs very well in sunny northern landscapes. Lovely spikes of soft flowers appear in early summer and retain their beauty and sweet perfume all season long.
- Hardiness Zones 3-10. Lift in Fall in zones 3-7
- Mature Height 18 - 24 inches
- Bloom Time Early to late summer (Jun-Aug)
- Light Requirements Full Sun
- Ship As7 CM+ Bulb
- Fragrant
- Cut Flower
- Attracts Pollinators
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Botanical Name: Polianthes tuberosa
SKU: #73141
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Product Details
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Botanical Name:
Polianthes tuberosa -
Ship As:
Bulb -
Size:
7 CM+ -
Lift In Fall:
3-7 -
Suggested Uses:
Borders, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Showy Flowers, Attract Pollinator
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Flower Color:
White -
Flower Form:
2" funnel-shaped blooms in spike-like racemes. -
Foliage Type:
Smooth-edged or minutely-toothed fleshy leaves clustered in more or less rosette fashion at or near the base of the branchless flower stalks. -
Mature Spread:
6 - 8 inches -
Spacing:
6 - 8 inches
Growing Tips
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Planting Instructions:
2" deep and 6-8" apart -
Soil Moisture:
Well drained -
Will Tolerate:
Acidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil -
Pruning Instructions:
Not needed
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Winter Care:
Lift in fall if you live in zones 3-7 for winter storage. Replant the following spring after frosts are over. Planting Depth:
2" deepWatering Requirements:
Average water needs. Water regularly, do not overwater.Fertilization Requirements:
Once per yearSpecial Care:
Not needed
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All foliage, no flowers
I planted these in the spring and over the summer they grew a lot of unattractive foliage, but now well into September still no flower spikes. Waste of potting soil and time.
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I have grown tuberoses in virginia, just outside the Washington DC beltway for about 25 years. I think that I bought them here? The bulbs didn't look like much the first spring I planted them, but I fertilized with bone meal and hoped for the best. I did get flowers the first year! My Great Grandmother in North Carolina left hers in the ground all winter In my more northern garden I dig mine up, leave them in the chunk of mostly clay that comes up with them, stick them in paper grocery bags, and leave them, leaves and all, to dry out in a dark crawl space for the winter. After last frost they return to the garden. When the flowers start to open, you can cut the stalks put them in a vase, and the buds will open gradually over the next few evenings, the fragrance is beyond description.
Amazingly beautiful with a be lovely fragrance
I've had this plant for two years now and the plant is performing well. I am here in Campbell, CA , a part of the San Francisco Bay area.
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Is this a perennial
- Asked by Florence
- Verified Reply - AngelaThe Single Mexican Tuberose is a tender perennial. It can be grown in all zones across the country. Those in colder zones 3 to 7 will need to dig up the bulbs and store them in a frost free location for winter. They can be planted again in the spring after the danger of frost has passed.Was this answer helpful to you
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In the single Mexican Tuberose bag that contains 5 bulbs can I expect 5 separate bulbs for planting individually or is a cluster of 5 for planting whole ?
- Asked by Jorge
- Verified Reply - KimberlyThere will be 5 separate bulbs in the bag. Was this answer helpful to you
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