Japanese name: プシュキニア スキロイデス Scientific name:Puschkinia scilloides
[Overview]
A perennial about 10–15 cm tall.
It has a small bulb underground.
The leaves are linear, and two arise from the base.
A raceme 10–15 cm tall bears about 10 flowers.
The flowers have 6 petals and are white with blue stripes.
The fruit is a capsule.
The aboveground part dies back before summer, and the plant goes dormant.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division of bulbs or from seed.
In cold regions it also multiplies readily by self-sown seed.
It prefers fertile, well-drained soil.
Grow it where it gets plenty of sun from winter through the flowering period, and bright shade after that.
For plants in the ground, under deciduous trees is good.
It prefers soil rich in organic matter and well drained.
For potted plants, from sprouting through the period when leaves are present, water thoroughly when the soil surface dries; no watering is needed after the leaves fall.
Plants in the ground need no particular watering.
No fertilizer is particularly necessary.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
