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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 15 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: grass like
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Other: bulblets

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Common names
  • Lily-of-the-Altai
  • Lavender Mountain Lily
  • Siberian Lily
  • Tatar Lily
  • Sky Blue Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ixiolirion tataricum
  • Synonym: Ixioliron pallasii

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 5-30-08
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2013-06-14
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-01

Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2017-06-17
Listed as Ixiolirion tataricum var. pallasii by John Scheepers &

Date: 2009-05-28
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-20
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-25
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-06-25

Date: 2010-05-15
Photo courtesy of: HelenaH
Location: April 16 2010, Negev Mountains, Israel.
Date: 2010-11-18
Photo courtesy of: Gideon Pisanty
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-05-23
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-10-01
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-01
Grows and blooms well even in largly untended areas.
Location: my garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-10-24
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 1, 2011 11:53 PM concerning plant:
    The blue/violet/lavender blue flowers bear reflexed petals which have longitudinal dark stripes. Needs a well draining spot and prefers arid-hot summer conditions. Introduced in 1821 from central Asia
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