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« on: April 02, 2010, 02:33:25 PM »
I'm sure several of you have Scilla blooming.  My first ones opened today...S. miczenkoana (aka S. tubergeniana)

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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2010, 12:51:55 AM »
This was a nice gang!
Some of mine opened before I left, I'll give report when coming home after Easter.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 01:25:14 PM »
Lots of them flowered when I came home. Here are two, the white one is probably a white S. verna selection.

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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 07:07:13 PM »
I don't have S. verna but I have the pink form of bifolia...should be open in the next 2-3 days
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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 06:29:40 PM »
Scilla bifolia 'Rosea'...self-seeded in the lawn.

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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 02:00:43 AM »
Quote from: Boland on April 12, 2010, 06:29:40 PM
Scilla bifolia 'Rosea'...self-seeded in the lawn.
When do you start mowing the lawn? I have to wait till June because of the bulbs. (My wife don't approve.)
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 06:36:48 AM »
I never planted any bulbs in my lawn but over the years, several crocus, two species of scilla, chionodoxa and erythronium americana have moved in.  Much to my chagrin, I notice Allium aflatuense has also started to pop-up in the lawn!  I generally mow by late May...perhaps a bit early for the bulbs but it does not seem to have slowed them down.
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« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2010, 02:54:52 PM »
I'm a bit peeved!  I saw a band of house sparrows out eating puschkinia blossoms last weekend... curious, I thought... as I had never seen that behavior before.  Anyway, it appears the little buggers also ate all the buds off my grove of Scilla miczenkoana!  Grrr!  >Sad
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« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2010, 07:03:47 PM »
Quote from: Skulski on April 17, 2010, 02:54:52 PM
I'm a bit peeved!  I saw a band of house sparrows out eating puschkinia blossoms last weekend... curious, I thought... as I had never seen that behavior before.  Anyway, it appears the little buggers also ate all the buds off my grove of Scilla miczenkoana!  Grrr!  >Sad

Yes, I have them too, they like to shred crocus blooms.  They seem to be partial to an old mixed planting of Crocus chrysanthus hybrids in my front "foundation planting" area, so it's not much of a loss, so far they ignore the rarer species crocus on the other side of my house.

Todd: regarding bulb lawns, some of the photos of bulb lawns posted on the Scottich Rock garden Club forum will knock your socks off; visually compelling they are.  But then I wonder too, how to manage the mowing part... how long to let it look unkempt while bulb foliage is still green.
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2010, 05:22:56 PM »
My favourite scilla is now open...Scilla rosenii, from Ruksans.  The flowers are huge for a scilla.
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2010, 05:24:09 PM »
D***, I'm getting famous for forgetting to attach the pics!

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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2010, 05:42:37 AM »
They are good! I thought I had some but I can't find them or they are disguising as something else!!
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2010, 01:49:10 PM »
Some small bulbs are still in flower!

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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2010, 07:14:23 PM »
Mine is not blooming yet....I'm not sure it is even going to bloom...much too crowded by one of my Astilbe.
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« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2011, 02:23:46 PM »
Here is a really fantastic Scilla, often described as like a blue Eremurus! I had this from Bob and Rannveig Wallis, bulbous growers and exhibitors par excellenze, and it is the first year it has ever flowered for me (perhaps something to do with our long warm and very dry spring) - Scilla hyacinthoides. It may look a bit less dramatic from my poor photo but it still has most of its flowers to open. Quite a contrast to all the little blue beauties!

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