Puschkinia scilloides
Striped squill
- Height × spread
- 0.1m – 0.1m × 0.08m – 0.08m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
Small but mighty flower plant with icy blue or white star-shaped blooms in February and March, an early shock of cool colour and welcome food for the bees. Low growing, it's perfect ground cover for borders or woodland areas and it also works well in a seasonal container display. Grows to a height/spread of 10-15cm.
- Flower colour
- Blue, White
- Foliage colour
- Cream, Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.1m – 0.1m
- Spread
- 0.08m – 0.08m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Winter
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Summer
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.