Deeproot Plant Base Online - Scilla peruviana

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botanical name:
Scilla peruviana

family: Hyacinthaceae

characteristics: perennial, evergreen
height: 0.25m width: 0.10m
growth rate:
growth habit: bulb/corm
leaf colour: green
flower colour: blue
main period of interest: Spring

poisonous or irritant

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, moist soil, sandy soil
prefered soil pH: neutral
minimum temperature: -5°C
USDA zone: 9 to 9

description:
Almost evergreen bulbous perennial, with the new lance-shaped leaves developing in autumn as the old ones die back. In early summer produces conical heads of many purplish-blue flowers, opening first around the base of the flowerhead.

cultivation:
Plant bulbs in late summer or early autumn, about 8 to 10cm deep. Reasonably fertile, preferably humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun or part shade.

propagation:
By division of bulb offsets or from seed.

other notes:
From Portugal, Spian, Italy and North Africa