Name: Camas lily (Camassia spp. and cvs.)
Zones: 3 to 11Size: 1 to 3 feet tall and wide; clumping
Conditions: Full sun; most soil (tloler heavy clay);can go dry in summer
In their famous expedition, Lewis and Clark reported that the sheer abundance of camas lily made meadow look like water. The rarity of camas lily in gardens is probaby due to its slowness in reaching blooming maturity, yet its bulbs are starting to appear more frequently. After forming a tuft of unruly, grassy leaves, camas lily sends out stems coiffed with a congested constellation of star-shped flowers in rare shades of sky blue to lilac and purple to white.
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