Puschkinia scilloides

Spring Blooms 

Quinn found this pretty little plant blooming in the front yard yesterday. I always forget I have this plant and it is always a nice surprise when we find the early blooms.

Striped Squill; or,
Lebanese Squill


"Angels in the early morning
May be seen the dews among.
Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying.
Do the buds to them belong?"
-Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886)



Puschkinia scilloides var libanotica has been gardened since 1808. It is an extremely hardy flower growing to only six or eight inches tall, with sprays of palest pale blue six-petalled flowers that come close to an iceberg white, with a thin deep blue stripe down the center of each petal. There is also a genuinely white form called "Alba."