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Camassia

North American wild flowers, camasses were called quamashes by the Native Americans, who found that although the bulbs are poisonous when raw they could be eaten safely after cooking (a practice not recommended for home gardeners). For several weeks in spring, camasses bear spikes of starry 1 1/4 -inch flowers set amid long, slender leaves.      Camasses are hardy in Zones 3-10, and will grow in any normal to wet ground in full sun or light shade. Plant the bulbs in fall, spacing them 3 to 6 inches apart and covering with 3 to 4 inches of soil. Once planted, they need no care. Camasses can be propagated easily from seeds, but take four years to reach flowering size.

Camassia Esculenta Growing 2 to 3 feet tall, this camassia bears spikes of 10 to 40 blue to white flowers.

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