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Squill

Puschkinia

Also called Striped Squills

Squill
Photo: Barbara Wrzesińska, CC BY-SA 2.5
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb

About

Puschkinia is a genus of four known species of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to the Caucasus and the Middle East. Puschkinia scilloides is grown as an ornamental bulbous plant.

How to grow it

Puschkinia scilloides is grown as an ornamental bulbous plant, particularly recommended as an early flowering bulb for cool, well drained positions. Puschkinia peshmenii is rare in cultivation.

Other Puschkinia plants

Puschkinia peshmenii · Striped Squill

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Puschkinia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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