Scilla scilloides

Chinese Squill. Rarely offered, this easy and very hardy dwarf bulb native to China, Korea, Japan, etc bears slender spikes of starry mauve-pink flowers to 20cm tall in late summer and early autumn. Winter dormant, this is a summer grower for a sunny to half-sun position in any reasonable soil. Sometimes known as Barnardia japonica or Scilla japonica.

£8.50