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Scilla amoena
Star hyacinth (Scilla amoena) is a small bulbous spring-flowering perennial with light blue, star-shaped flowers, grown in borders, rock gardens and naturalised lawns. It is easy to grow if planted in autumn in well-drained soil and left to die back naturally after flowering.
Scilla amoena, the star hyacinth or squill, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Scilla.
The natural range of Scilla amoena is most likely northern Turkey, but is naturalised in parts of southern Europe, including France, the Balkans and Romania, and also central Europe, including Bavaria, Lake Constance, Styria and Silesia. It is found in gardens, meadows and mixed deciduous forests.
Scilla sect. Chionodoxa · Alpine squill · Turkish Squill · Forbes' glory-of-the-snow · Pyrenean Squill · Amethyst Meadow Squill · Boissier's Glory Of The Snow · Mishchenko Squill · Dwarf Glory Of The Snow · Portuguese Squill · Lesser Glory Of The Snow · Siberian squill
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scilla amoena 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.
