Habit | bulbous
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Height: | ⇕ | 3 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
Width: | ⇔ | 3 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 4 to 8 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
Scilla > |
bifolia > |
Describe plant here...
Read about Scilla bifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Scilla bifolia, Linn. Bulb tunicated, oblong-oval: lvs. 2, seldom 3, cucullate, 4-8 in. long, 1/4-1/2 in. broad: scape 2-8-fld., ebracteate: fls. stellately rotate; perianth blue, sometimes reddish or whitish; anthers blue, versatile. March. Eu., Asia Minor.— Hardy. Several varieties of this exquisite little plant are in the trade: alba, white-fld.; rosea, pink-fld.; ruberrima, red-fld.; splendens, intense cobalt-blue fls. Cultivators would do well to obtain all the varieties possible; also as many bulbs of this beautiful species as they can afford. It is one of the most charming of hardy, early spring-flowering plants. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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