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A small, blue flowered bulb. It is said to be tough in the garden and has been reported to naturalised but for the moment I keep it in a pot.
I got it from Cotswold Garden flowers. Their catalogue entry says: "Relatively large heads of 7-15 blue flowers over a long period Feb-Apr, 15cm. Easy. Greece. A superb, long-lived garden plant and much better than the normal species." This collection came originally from Mike Salmon at Monocot Nursery. His catalogue entry says: "MS.38 Kalamata, Greece Rosette, 15 cm spikes dense blue fls. H." On March 8th, 1983 the Director of RBG Kew showed a plant at an RHS show and it received an Award of Merit. The award citation says: "Award of Merit, as a hardy plant for flower in the alpine house or on the rock garden, ... Scapes c. 120mm, semicircular. Leaves several c. 120 x 15mm, mid-green, slightly shiny, with an obtuse, hooded tip. Raceme c. 35mm long, ovoid-cylindrical, with 10 - 20 fls. Perianth c. 12mm wide, segments patent, 6 x 2mm. Perianth, filaments and style Blue Group 100B-C. Anthers darker blue." Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is S. Greece. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome." |
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| 9th March 2017 | ||
