Scilla mix - bulbs

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Very easy to grow almost anywhere, soft pastel shades harmonise beautifully with other flowers. Hear those Spanish bells ringing in your spring garden!

Prone to self-seeding so one for urban pots and suburban borders rather than bushland acreage unless you are vigilant at deadheading. Does not need winter chilling.

Pack of 5 bulbs

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Description

Scilla hispanica, Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish bluebell

DESCRIPTION: Tall-growing flowering bulbs with strappy leaves and bell-like flowers on long straight stems. This mix includes pink, blue and white forms.
strong>USE IN: Plant as a flowering border below deciduous trees, or group in pots for bright spring flowering colour.
PLANTING: Scilla can grow in almost any soils, in full sun or full shade. They will tolerate dry hot summers and are frost hardy.
<CARE: Once planted, water the soil to set the bulb in place. Once flowering is finished remove the dead flowerheads before they set seed, and leave plants to die back. It's not the prettiest sight but don't be tempted to trim the yellowing foliage. The nutrients are being drawn back into the bulbs for next year. When the bulbs die back completely remove spent foliage and leave in place for next season.
CLIMATE: Frost-hardy to -15C, to semi-arid

Contains 5 bulbs.

WHEN TO PLANT

DEPTH

SPACING

HEIGHT

FLOWERING

Late Summer - early Winter

10cmm

5-10cm

35-60cm

Spring

Availability