Scilla Species, Siberian Squill 'Spring Beauty'

True 'Spring Beauty' is a little larger and more robust than the species.

It's also sterile, so it increases by offsets b...Read Moreut not by seed. It would be the better choice where you don't want it to spread uncontrolled---for example, mixed with a variety of spring ephemerals and minor bulbs. If you want it to spread across your lawn, the species would be a better choice.

I wonder, though, how often what's sold as this cultivar may actually be just the species.

Started these bulbs from a freebie packet. They are dainty and bright blue. I have never kept them in a moist place. They are in a somewh...Read Moreat shady area growing alongside the arum plant. I always look forward to seeing them bloom. Live in Ft. Mitchell, KY.

I bought small bulbs about 10 years ago for a flowering plant that was called "muscari". I planted it, it has grown, not over-abundantly...Read More, but it is hardy. I live in New Brunswick, Canada. It never gets watered, it has basically grown on its own, wild, since that time. I've never split it or moved it. It is beautiful and a wonderful bright spot on a brown lawn, it grows that early. I've never heard it called Siberian Squill, only Muscari-- that's what the package said!

We look forward to this "sign of Spring" every year. They like our neighborhood. Also the grounds of the nearby Henry Ford Estate are l...Read Moreoaded with them each Spring.