Scilla sibirica
Common name: Siberian squill
Family: Asparagaceae
Leaf: 3-4 medium green, strap-like, 6" long
Flowers: each bulb producing 3-4 thin scapes (3-6" high), with 1-3, drooping, bell-like, deep blue flowers with blue anthers per scape. Blooming early spring.
Habit: perennial bulb; Form: low, vase
Height: 0.25'-0.5'; Spread: 0.25'-0.5'
Culture: Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plant bulbs 2-3" deep in fall. Tough, extremely cold hardy, low-maintenance plants that will naturalize easily by bulb offshoots and self-seeding.
Uses: spring interest, in lawns, woodland setting, en masse, rock gardens, naturalized in the lawn
Origin: SW Russia, Caucasus, Turkey
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