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Asparagaceae
Striped Squill
Puschkinia scilloides
Quiet early beauty.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Puschkinia
- Native to
- Turkey, Caucasus, Lebanon, Iran
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- bulb
- Height
- 0.2-0.5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Puschkinia is one of the earliest spring bulbs, pushing through frozen ground alongside snowdrops and crocuses.
- Each white petal has a distinctive blue stripe running down the center, giving rise to the common name 'striped squill.'
- It is one of only two species in its genus — a remarkably small genus found only in the mountains of Turkey and Caucasus.
- The genus is named after Count Apollos Apollosovich Mussin-Puschkin, a Russian chemist who collected plants in the Caucasus.
- Planted in grass or under trees, striped squill naturalizes freely and steadily increases to form charming drifts.
Color meanings
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early hope
1
subtlety
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alpine spring