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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 15"
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
White
Other: silver, green, and white
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Seed sown thinly when ripe in cold frame; remain in situ through 1st summer dormancy, planted out as small bulbs 2nd or 3rd year.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs

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Common names
  • Silver Bells
  • Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem

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Date: 2020-05-09
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Date: 2011-05-06

Date: c. 1903
illustration from 'Prof. Dr. Thome's Flora von Deutschland, Oster
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Date: 2011-05-06
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Date: 2020-03-05
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2010-06-21

Date: 2004-04-30
Location: central Illinois
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-05-13
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
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Date: 2017-04-25
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Date: 2012-04-28
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
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Date: Sep 14, 2010 1:24 PM
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 18, 2011 11:58 AM concerning plant:
    Naturalised in E. US Z6. Goes back to 1594 historically.

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