Many summer bulbs are native to South Africa where they get rain in the Winter and lots of sun in the summer. At Dawn Gardens they are planted in February so they get the advantage of the winter rains and bloom in the warm season.
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Tiger Flower (Tigridia pavonia)
Crimson Flag (Schizostylis coccinea) Readily reseeds; blooms in September – October
African Corn Lily (Ixia maculata)
Drumsticks (Allium sphaerocephalon) Native to mountainous areas of North America.
Allium ‘Pink Planet’
Gladiolus byzantinus?
Gayfeather (Liatris spicata)
Zephyr Flower (Zephyranthus candida) from central and South America
Yellow Zephyr Flower (Zephyranthus ‘Flavissima’)
Cyclamen hederifolium blooms late summer and fall.
This is a new lavender variety of Cyclamen hederifolium going dormant in the Spring.
Lycoris and Nerine have many different colors and bloom in the late summer and fall.
Gladiolus oppositiflorus v. salmoneus
Watsonia borbonica blooms in May
Naked Lady (Amaryllis belladonna) has leaves in the Spring and flowers in the Summer with no leaves.
Foxtail Lily (Eremurus x isabellinus)