Scilla hyacinthoides SEEDS

Scilla hyacinthoides seeds grow into the hyacinth squill a large bulbous geophyte native to the subtropical biome from southern Europe east to northern Iraq, with a distribution spanning the Mediterranean basin, Turkey and the Levant. Described by Linnaeus (1753). The epithet hyacinthoides means ‘resembling a Hyacinthus’, referring to the hyacinth-like appearance of the dense raceme of blue-violet flowers. Among the largest-growing wild Scilla species produces very large bulbs and tall erect scapes bearing dense racemes of numerous small blue-violet, star-shaped flowers in spring. The genus Scilla is named from a classical Greek name for a coastal bulbous plant. Genus range: Europe, Mediterranean to Iran, Tropical Africa; Family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.

Full sun to partial shade; well-drained soils; warm subtropical to cool temperate Mediterranean conditions; dry summer dormancy.

• ‘Hyacinthoides’ = resembling Hyacinthus; dense blue-violet raceme; one of the largest wild Scilla
• Described by Linnaeus (1753); large bulb; tall scape; Mediterranean distribution
• S. Europe to N. Iraq subtropical biome; Mediterranean basin, Turkey, Levant
• Genus from classical Greek name for coastal bulb; Europe, Mediterranean to Iran, Tropical Africa
• Full sun to partial shade; well-drained soils; dry summer; subtropical Mediterranean; Family Asparagaceae

Scilla hyacinthoides is the hyacinth squill one of the largest and most impressive wild Scilla species, its tall dense racemes of blue-violet flowers making it the most hyacinth-like of the Mediterranean squills, distributed from southern Europe across the Mediterranean to the Levant and northern Iraq.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.