Puschkinia scilloides Striped Squill

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Puschkinia scilloides Compact racemes of white to pale blue flowers, each petal striped with darker blue. 44–6"10 open bells per stem. Plant in full sun or light shade as drifts, in borders, or under trees. Very hardy and easy to naturalize. For some it spreads slowly, others find it quickly forms colonies. Also called Russian Snowdrop and Early Stardrift. Native from the Caucasus to Lebanon, especially in grasslands near the snow line.

4–6" tall. Early Spring blooms, Z3-8. 5cm/up.

Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around September 30 through October.

ships in fall

6645 Puschkinia scilloides

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Novelties and Specialties

The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.