Common Camas Bulbs (Camassia quamash)

Native across much of the West, the stunning violet-blue flowers of camas historically lit up prairies, marshes, and oak savannas in the spring. When grown from seed, camas can take several years to grow into a large enough plant for flowers to appear. Bulbs jumpstart this process and can be combined with seed to create large areas that eventually become more and more filled with this spectacular species.

Camas once dominated open clearings maintained by innovative native people who carefully tended large grasslands to maintain optimal growing conditions, in ways that we now only barely can comprehend. Historically bulbs were dug in the spring and pit roasted to breakdown the complex carbohydrates into simpler sweet caramelized sugars, providing a staple food for thousands of years.

Camas is lily-like in appearance with grassy leaves, typically growing up to a foot and a half tall, and it prefers loose, fertile soils.

As is normal for soil-dwelling plant parts, bulbs may have some light surface mold on them -- this is normal and not harmful to the plant.

Pre-order for fall shipping (beginning in late October -- on a first order in -- first order out basis). 

Available in units of approximately 90 to 110 bulbs.

PLEASE NOTE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

Shipping begins in late October through December. Orders that include both seeds and bulbs may ship in two separate stages (with seeds shipping asap and bulbs shipping in the fall).

We try to add additional later harvest bulb species to our inventory as quickly as we can, but if you already have an active bulb order, please email us if you would like to add additional species to it.

This is an annual herculean effort for us as a small business -- we are unable to accommodate specific shipping dates.

We love hearing from you, but emailing us to inquire about order status in the middle of the shipping season slows your order down -- we're a small team with limited capacity! If you have not received your order by the late stage of our shipping window (early December), please do reach out for an update.

Due to phytosanitary restrictions, we are unable to ship bulbs to Canada.