Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Plant Height: | 9 to 12 inches |
Plant Spread: | 6 to 9 inches; self-seeds readily |
Leaves: | Spring ephemeral |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring |
Underground structures: | Bulb |
Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
Propagation: Other methods: | Offsets Other: Scale bulblet propagation |
Pollinators: | Self Bees |
Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM |
aspenhill | On April 6, 2017 | Obtained plant Brent and Becky's Bulbs - qty 30; SYSBB |
aspenhill | On September 28, 2014 | Obtained plant ADR - qty 100; X-FIB, X-HSG Area 5, X-SSG |
Yorkshirelass | On June 3, 2017 | Seeds sown Gathered ripe seed scattered (gorilla gardening in local area) |
mscuser73 | On September 16, 2017 | Obtained plant OBI Budaörs, 10 db hagyma |
MrsBinWY | On July 17, 2021 | Transplanted On 7-17-2021, put all the dormant bulbs in the back rain garden to east of Hellebores. There were far more bulbs than I expected there would be. Some were as large as small marbles. |
MrsBinWY | On April 25, 2020 | Seeds germinated 6, as of 5-16-20, there are dozens of seedlings. The container has been sitting on the kitchen table where it gets sun from a north window. They lived in a south-facing window all summer and gradually senesced. Put the container in the fridge 11-8-20. Plan to bring it back to room temperature in early January. Took out of fridge on 1-11-21 and set in south window with awning by sewing table. New growth emerging from the tiny bulbs on 1-19-21. |
MrsBinWY | On January 3, 2020 | Seeds sown lots of seeds from Joyce's 2019G in milk jug. Give them a couple weeks of warm, then put them outside. Put container in the fridge 1-25-20. |
MrsBinWY | On October 23, 2018 | Seeds germinated ~15 up. These grew until January 2019 or so, never sent up any true leaves but formed 1/8-1/4" bulbs, then gradually senesced. Left them dry, cool and dormant in the cold sun room. Watered the container 3-22-19. Couldn't figure out how to bring them back out of dormancy. |
MrsBinWY | On June 19, 2018 | Seeds sown Per https://www.pacificbulbsociety... sowing these in the fridge now so the embryos can complete their development. One pod ripened. ~25 seeds look viable. |
KelliW | On February 10, 2019 | Seeds sown #37, winter sown seeds from Joolie |
LyraLu | On November 6, 2021 | Miscellaneous Event Planted 15 |
Australis | On March 15, 2024 | Transplanted Planted in the front garden. |
Australis | On March 14, 2024 | Obtained plant Purchased 3 bulbs from Hancock's Daffodils. |
Australis | On February 26, 2023 | Potted up |
Australis | On February 25, 2023 | Obtained plant Purchased baby bulbs at the AGS Vic Buy/Swap/Sell. |
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