Jim, I like that you mention this scilla. I have it, or something very very close, pop up in all the gardens I've had. It usually piggybacks on some clump of something as I've moved from house to house. I love it; I get down on my knees to inspect; it has occasionally popped up in the middle of the grass. And I always walk away smiling. The blue is striking. If I'm being honest, I was actually thinking of it yesterday, as I was able to be outside comfortably for the first time in months and was cleaning up. Spring will be official for me when I see it. Bridget in SE Pennsylvania (where the Scoliposis made it through the winter and you probably heard me howling with sheer delight!) On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:12 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: > Dear PBSers, > > I have been reading about Scilla bifolia. Years ago -maybe 10 or > more - we bought some typical, white and pink flowered forms. When they > first bloomed and only got to 2 inches we were a bit disappointed. > Wikipedia says they are 4 to 8 in tall. Nothing close to that here. > > Over the years they have romped around the garden showing up here > and there in miniature beauty mostly where they were never planted. Not > sure if squirrels move them , but more likely self spread seed. They don’t > spread enough to be weedy and we do wish they were more aggressive, but we > find these tiny spots of color- mostly blue remains - and enjoy them > tremendously beyond their actual dimmesions might suggest. > > Hard to recommend a tiny 2 in cluster of tiny little flowers, but > they are not expensive to start with and worth every penny. They have come > through temps well below 0F for years and seems to thrive on neglect. Give > these little bulbs a big hand? > > Gems Jim W. > > James Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd > Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 > USA > Phone 816-746-1949 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/