Ipheion uniflorum
Single flowered spring starflower
Also known as Tristagma uniflorum, Milla uniflora
- Height × spread
- 0.25m × 0.2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
This has lovely, soft, blue starry flowers that stand out from the mound of grassy foliage and is dormant all summer. It needs a dry site away from constant damp at its feet or it will die. If bruised, the foliage has the scent of onions.
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Scented garden, Rock garden, Mediterranean garden, Gravel garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Summer · Planting
Remove offsets to create new plants
Offsets are small plants or shoots that develop around the parent plant. They should have developed a root system of their own before they are detached. They can be planted directly, or grown in pots if so small they could be 'lost' in the garden.
Offsets may be used to replace an aged parent plant, to extend or establish a colony, or can be given away or sold.
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