For something random and different (but hey, it’s meteorological spring right?), here are some wildflowers native to the U.S. that can be grown from bulbs.

• Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum), native to eastern North America
• Calochortus spp. lily, native to western NA
• Dwarf-crested iris (Iris cristata), native to eastern NA
• Fritillaria spp., native to western NA
• large camas (Camassia leichtlinii), native to western NA
• Nodding onion (Allium cernuum), native throughout US
• Northern spiderlilly (Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis), southeastern US
• Rain lily (Zephyranthes atamasca), southeastern US
• trout lily (Erythronium americanum), central and eastern US
• Turk’s cap lily (Lilium superbum), central and eastern US
• Ookow (Dichelostemma congestum), western NA
• Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum), throughout NA

It’s nice to grow plants from seed for genetic variety, but bulbs certainly have their place. It’s good to know there are good native choices (well, I don’t know if these are choices down at my local Lowes/Home Depot, but they should be).