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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 18-22 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Peruvian Lily
  • Giant Squill
  • Portuguese Squill
  • Cuban Lily
  • Caribbean Lily
  • Hyacinth of Peru

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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-03-31
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-25
Location: At a public garden
Date: 2009-04-01
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2018-10-02

Date: 2015-04-26
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-03
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-03-07
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-13
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-12
#Pollination
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-03-31
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2006-04-05
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-20

Date: 2009-04-01
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-12-02
Bulbs are not healthy
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-11
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-03

Date: 2014-04-04
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Front garden 
Date: 2019-09-01
Peruvian lilly
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-04-09
Felicia 'Tight and Tidy' at the top.
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-19
Just starting to open.
Photo by sugarcane
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-03-31
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-10-08
Location: Front garden
Date: 2019-09-01
Peruvian lilly
Location: Wouw Netherlands
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: Wouw Netherlands
Location: At a public garden
Date: 2009-04-01

Date: 2013-02-23

Date: 2009-04-01
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-03-15
Location:  Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-20
Zone 9b.
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-02
Peruvian Lily (Scilla peruviana) Zone 9b
Location: My garden
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08

Date: 2013-02-23

Date: 2013-02-23
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-28
Zone 9b. One of the 63 native bees, identified within Hamilton Sq
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-03-15

Date: 2014-04-04
  • Uploaded by jon

Date: 2013-02-23

Date: 2013-02-23
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by sequoia
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2022-12-01

Date: 2011-03-07
in a pot
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-02
At Sunriver Nursery
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-02
At Sunriver Gardens
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-02
At Vineyard Gardens
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-03-31
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-03-30

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-02-09
Location:

Date: 2014-02-09

Date: 2015-03-15

Date: 2014-02-09
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske

Date: 2014-04-04
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
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Comments:
  • Posted by scvirginia on Apr 26, 2022 1:24 PM concerning plant:
    Despite the name, this plant is native to the Mediterranean... Spain, Portugal and Northwest Africa. Not from Peru or Cuba, or anywhere in the New World.
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Dec 1, 2022 4:56 PM concerning plant:
    Scilla peruviana is a stunning early-spring flower in my zone 7b North Georgia Garden. The whirls of strappy leaves emerge in mid-winter from autumn-planted bulbs. Buds start to show in late February, and the beautiful purple blooms begin to open in early March. The flower is unique in form, and the color is a nice complement to the yellow daffodils blooming at the same time. While the plant was blooming, we experienced a 17-degree hard freeze, which melted the existing blooms; 2 weeks later, all the plants had new blooms. Although this perennial is supposedly cold-hardy to zone 7a, only 1 of 5 plants returned the following year in my zone 7b garden. The flower is so unique I plant new bulbs each year.
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Mar 20, 2013 12:20 PM concerning plant:
    Supposedly this plant does NOT make a good cut flower as it supposedly will smell of cat urine if the stem or leaves are bruised or cut.
Plant Events from our members
got2b On February 26, 2016 Transplanted
got2b On February 25, 2016 Obtained plant
2 x quart size f. Home Depot
Yorkshirelass On April 1, 2016 Obtained plant
Flowered well in first year, nothing subsequently
piksihk On October 1, 2020 Plant emerged
Leaves! I didnt think they were still alive.
piksihk On April 8, 2019 Transplanted
Potted
piksihk On April 1, 2019 Miscellaneous Event
Survived winter in greenhouse;
piksihk On March 29, 2019 Obtained plant
Brought a small pot with two scapes from Ellis
piksihk On December 7, 2018 Plant emerged
piksihk On December 2, 2018 Potted up
piksihk On December 1, 2018 Obtained plant
Van Z. Bulbs looks like they are very unhealthy but has some green growth coming up. Others layers were cut away and bulbs are very small.
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