Scilla hyacinthoides
Hyacinth Squill
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). Scilla hyacinthoides forms rosettes of strap-shaped leaves from which arise tall stems with spires of pale blue starry flowers in late Spring and early Summer
Contributed by @tal2lifshitz
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Hyacinth Squill
Latin name
Scilla hyacinthoides
type
Bulb
family
Asparagaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
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
0.20 M
0.70 M
Scilla hyacinthoides
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). Scilla hyacinthoides forms rosettes of strap-shaped leaves from which arise tall stems with spires of pale blue starry flowers in late Spring and early Summer
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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