Description | Striped Squill (Puschkinia scilloides) is a 4-6" tall spring blooming bulb with white, aqua-striped blossoms. |
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Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
Sunlight | spring full sun |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | small, white with aqua stripes and bore on a spike, blooms early April. |
Leaves | thick, green, keel shaped |
Stems | bulb |
Dimensions | 4"-6" tall |
Maintenance | plant 5" deep, 2-3" on center, will reseed and jump around the garden |
Native Site | Indigenous to the high meadows in eastern Turkey, the Caucsus and north to Iran and Lebann |
Misc Facts | Named after the Russian botanist Puschkin. This plant is closely related to the Scillia. (syn. P. scilloides and P. libanotica) |
Notes & Reference | #57-Spring Flowering Bulbs (Dr. A.A. DeHertogh), #59-Naturalizing Bulbs (Rob Proctor), #60-The American Gardeners World of Bulbs (Judy Glattstein) |