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Hyacinthoides italica
Italian bluebell is a small spring-flowering bulb with slender leaves and dense spikes of violet-blue star-shaped flowers, grown mainly as an ornamental in borders and woodland gardens. It is hardy and easy to establish, and it naturalises well when left undisturbed.
Hyacinthoides italica, the Italian bluebell or Italian squill, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae.
It is one of around 11 species in the genus Hyacinthoides, others including the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in northwestern Europe, and the Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) further west in the Iberian Peninsula.
This species is native to the central Mediterranean region, in northwestern Italy, in southern France, and in northeastern Spain.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hyacinthoides italica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
