General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4-6 inches
Plant Spread: 4-6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Mauve
Purple
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Autumn Squill
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prospero autumnale
  • Synonym: Scilla autumnalis

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Location: Chicago, IL
Date: 2012-08-14 
A very delicate looking but robust late summer bloomer.
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Comments:
  • Posted by Ispahan (Chicago - Zone 6a) on Aug 21, 2012 7:09 PM concerning plant:
    A delightful little bulb that flowers in late summer, often sending up flower stems with open blooms almost overnight. Although this looks like a delicate plant, it is very hardy and easy to please. Spreads slowly by clumping and reseeding. Foliage is short (about 6 inches tall), strappy and unobtrusive. It emerges in the early spring but then dies down for the summer. It occasionally will send up a few leaves at flowering time that will last throughout the winter. A treasure!

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