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Squill, Chionodoxa?

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peerie · 20/03/2023 10:25

Does anyone have/know of a single flowering Chionodoxa? I have just inherited a few bulbs/plants and finding it hard to identify. Larger flower, pale purple blue colour

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MereDintofPandiculation · 20/03/2023 10:52

The question is, is it single flowered because that’s its usual habit, or is it single flowered because that’s all it had the energy for this year?

I f the flower itself is different, you could put a photo up on here ?

Also look at tulip species, though they always seem-to be on the pinky side of purple.

peerie · 20/03/2023 17:41

In all its glory

Squill, Chionodoxa?
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peerie · 20/03/2023 17:42

less blue in real life, more purple

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peerie · 20/03/2023 17:45

MereDintofPandiculation · 20/03/2023 10:52

The question is, is it single flowered because that’s its usual habit, or is it single flowered because that’s all it had the energy for this year?

I f the flower itself is different, you could put a photo up on here ?

Also look at tulip species, though they always seem-to be on the pinky side of purple.

They are quite widespread and all have single blooms

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MereDintofPandiculation · 21/03/2023 09:16

Not tulip, then!

I’d call it “Scilla” until proved wrong. Scilla sibirica seems to have 1-2 flowers per stem in many pictures, but that hangs its heads.Are they young plants? In which case case they may produce more next year. They do look very like Chionodoxa (which has been subsumed within Scilla)

peerie · 21/03/2023 10:18

Not young plants, newly lifted and potted though.
I agree with your identification thoughts, just wanted to make sure as I'd love to have great swaithes of them and would need to buy bulbs in the autumn. I think they might be gigantica but the single bloom was throwing me.

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