General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
White
Other: White with blue stripe
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Other: may be forced
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Early Scilla
  • White Squill
  • Mishchenko Squill
  • Early Squill

Photo Gallery
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: March 18, 2022
Photo by LorettaNJ
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-29-2020
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: April 2016
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: March 18, 2022
One of the earliest flowers in the garden and a gentle spreader.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-29-2020
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2018-02-04
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-13
Late winter, early spring
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-19
Blooms color up with touches of blue as they mature
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: May
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-02-16
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-12
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-13
Small plant - blossoms are approximately one inch in circumferenc
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-04-12

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