Camassia 'Violet Candle'
Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in September 2024
Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in October 2023
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Camassia 'Violet Candle' makes quite the entrance—tall, elegant, and glowing with cool-toned charm. This new and exclusive variety brings something rather special to the late spring border: statuesque spires of violet-blue, star-shaped flowers arranged in exceptionally long, upright clusters. Rising well above the strappy green leaves, each flower spike of Camassia leichtlinii 'Violet Candle' stands with quiet confidence, adding height, movement, and a subtle pop of colour just as the garden shifts towards early summer.
Unlike your typical bedding plant, Camassia 'Violet Candle' doesn’t need to shout to be noticed. It thrives in full sun or light shade and appreciates a moist but well-drained soil—particularly happy in meadow-style planting, damp borders, or alongside ornamental grasses. Camassia leichtlinii 'Violet Candle' is brilliant in bold drifts, where its slender form and shimmering violet hue lend a natural elegance to looser planting schemes. It’s also a magnet for pollinators and returns reliably each year with very little effort. Whether you’re softening a formal scheme or adding structure to a wilder corner, Camassia 'Violet Candle' strikes a beautiful balance between garden drama and easy-going charm. For those looking to elevate their spring palette—literally—Camassia leichtlinii 'Violet Candle' is a glowing highlight worth making space for.
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Farmer Gracy exclusive
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Comes back every year
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Attractive to wildlife
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Loved by pollinators
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Naturalising
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Thrives well in full sun
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Camassia leichtlinii 'Violet Candle'
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Flower colour
Violet, blue
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Bulb size
14/16
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Established height
70-90cm
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Established spread
10-20cm
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Plant spacing
30 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
Naturalising -
Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade
Full shade -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Borders
Meadows
Gravel gardens
Wildlife gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Damp
Free draining -
Soil type
Loam
Clay
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
Yes
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
Yes
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Camassia 'Violet Candle' bulbs from mid to late autumn;
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;
Plant your bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high;
Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart;
Place the Camassia 'Violet Candle' bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.
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Orders placed before 1 September 2025
You can expect your order in September 2025Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2025
You can expect your order in October 2025Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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