Asparagaceae
Camassia quamash subsp. utahensis
Camassia quamash subsp. utahensis
Also known as Camassia quamash var. utahensis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Camassia · Camas · Native Bulb · Spring Blooming · Blue Flower · Pollinator · Intermountain West · Meadow Plant · Perennial · Wildflower
The Utah camas is a beautiful spring-blooming bulb native to mountain meadows of the Intermountain West, producing striking blue-violet flower spikes in mid-spring. Plant bulbs in moist, well-drained to seasonally wet soil in a partially shaded location and water regularly during the growing season. It is a rewarding choice for native plant gardens and pollinator meadows in cooler inland regions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is moist to a depth of several inches; do not allow roots to sit in standing water · Every 7-10 days during spring growing season; minimal watering in summer dormancy
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.7–7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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