You can find alliums in various heights and colors; most common blooms are shades of purple, blue, lavender, pink, and white. Bloom times vary throughout the season. Alliums are also rodent resistant.
Height: Varies (four inches to four feet) Bloom Time: Late spring - early summer Light: Full Sun USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9
Crocus are one of the more popular bulbs to naturalize in the lawn because their foliage fades before mowing starts. Although they are deer resistant, crocus are not rabbit resistant. It’s quite common for rabbits to dine on the tender bulb foliage even before the flowers have a chance to form.
Height: 4 inchesBloom Time: Early springLight: Full sun to partial shadeUSDA Hardiness Zones: 3 - 9
You can find dwarf iris in shades of blue, purple and white, all colors that will blend extremely well with other spring bloomers.
Height: 4 - 6 inchesBloom Time: Early springLight: Full sun to partial shadeUSDA Hardiness Zones: 5 - 9
Striped squill is a great choice for naturalizing, either in a woodland area, under trees, along walkways, or in the lawn.
Height: 4 - 6 inchesBloom Time: Early springLight: Full sun to partial shadeUSDA Hardiness Zones: 4-8
Fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial) grows three to four feet tall and its blooms are a cluster of yellow, cream or red-orange bells below a spiky green topknot. Fritillaria meleagris (snakehead or checkered lily, pictured here) has delicate bell-like checkered purple flowers that dangle from 10 to 12 inch grass-like, slender stems. Fritillaria persica (Persian lily) produces up to 30 bell-shaped, grayish-dark purple blooms borne on a stiff, thick stem one to three feet tall.
Height: Varies (10 - 48 inches)Bloom Time: Mid-springLight: Full sun to partial shadeUSDA Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9
Height: 4 - 8 inchesBloom Time: Early SpringLight: Full Sun to Partial ShadeUSDA Hardiness Zones: 3 - 9
