An exquisite little bulb that is an excellent source or early spring bee forage for native bees. Will naturalize and spread by seed very easily but, in my experience, will never choke out other plants. It sets seed and the unobtrusive foliage dies down rapidly soon after flowering. I love this plant!

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Love seeing the bright blue flowers every spring and love the bright blue pollen they have. These beautiful flowers haven't been invasive in my flowerbeds and are a joy to see blooming wherever they're seen blooming. Great for bees in the spring. I''ll have to remember to notice the bees that are around the flowers to spot the blue pollen on their legs.

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In Minnesota, this is considered an invasive species. It forms thick carpets of leaves in the woods, and chokes out the native spring ephemerals. The bulbs are very hardy, despite our consistently below-freezing winters; they will survive even if they're sitting right on top of the soil and are blown on by the dry and freezing winter winds. The plants spread by seed, and seedlings bloom after 4 or 5 years. Seedlings pop up in random spots several feet away from the parent plants. There are no natural pests.

However, carpets of Siberian squill are beautiful in April when they're in full bloom; they look like sky-blue mist above the ground. So some people don't mind the fact that the plant is invasive. A spring lawn covered in Siberian squill is prettier than a lawn with just grass.

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