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Coopers false scilla in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Ledebouria cooperi syn. Scilla cooperi, Scilla Adlamii

 

Cooper's false scilla

Scillas are bulb-forming perennials, low-growing, and with dark green narrow sword-shaped leaves. The open bell-shaped flowers - often blue, but sometimes white, pink or purple - appear from early Spring (although there are some varieties that flower in Autumn). 'Cooper's False Scilla' grows in damp grassland of Eastern South Africa. It bears shiny green leaves with purple stripes, and from early Spring spires of.pink flowers

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plant Features
  • Coopers false scilla likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Coopers false scilla likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Coopers false scilla is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Coopers false scilla likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Cooper's false scilla

Latin name

Ledebouria cooperi syn. Scilla cooperi, Scilla Adlamii

type

Bulb

family

Asparagaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Coopers false scilla likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Coopers false scilla is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Coopers false scilla likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Coopers false scilla likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Coopers false scilla is 0.20meters x 0.15meters 0.20 M 0.15 M

Ledebouria cooperi syn. Scilla cooperi, Scilla Adlamii

Scillas are bulb-forming perennials, low-growing, and with dark green narrow sword-shaped leaves. The open bell-shaped flowers - often blue, but sometimes white, pink or purple - appear from early Spring (although there are some varieties that flower in Autumn). 'Cooper's False Scilla' grows in damp grassland of Eastern South Africa. It bears shiny green leaves with purple stripes, and from early Spring spires of.pink flowers


Planting

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Plant bulbs in late Summer or early Autumn in a humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Plant the bulbs 4" deep

 

Flowering

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Most varieties flower in Spring (there are a few varieties that flower in Autumn)

 

Propagating by Offsets

From Mid Autumn TO Late Autumn

When the plant is dormant, lift the bulbs, and remove off-sets and plant them where required, or in pots until the following Spring

 
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