Scilla 2015

[Rimmer de Vries]

more forms of Scilla lingulata blooming

[fermi de Sousa]

 ???Scilla melaina is probably not really suited to our garden, but on the shady side of the house with some summer water it persists!
cheers
fermi

[Yann]

Scilla autumnalis MS771

[ruben]

Scilla lingulata - grows for allready 3 years in open ground without cover in a hot corner next to a Buxus

[Yann]

It's lovely, this one is better grown in the garden.

[brianw]

I seem to have 3 forms of Scilla lingulata. A dull blue form with non glossy leaves and obvious lines down the leaves, a glossy leaved form with slightly brighter blue flowers, and an almost white form but still with blue pollen, unlike the other white forms above. Never got any seeds that I have noted.

[Oron Peri]

Seems like a promising season for Scillas,
Scilla latifolia has 3-4 flowering heads on each plant this year.
Barnardia numidica and two forms of Prospero autumnale

[Yann]

Scilla latifolia should give nice spikes of flowers, just a dream for us living in northern areas 

[johnstephen29]

Scilla Linguata flowering in a pot on the kitchen window still, this is the first time I have grown this bulb, it's a lovely little plant with a great scent.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Scilla Linguata flowering in a pot on the kitchen window still, this is the first time I have grown this bulb, it's a lovely little plant with a great scent.

this plant will need some cool nights and may even be hardy outside for you being so near to the sea in the UK.
but then i speak from experience in central USA where i gets very cold and this plant has survived freezing temps and frozen ground inside a cold frame.  it multiplies well and this year i planted a bunch out in the garden to test hardiness here in my zone 4-5-6 yard . this winter is supposed to be mild!!! I hope so !

[johnstephen29]

Hi Rimmer thanks for the information, I brought it into the house so we could enjoy the scent. When it finishes flowering I'll put it into the cold frame, according to the weathermen over here it's going to be the coldest winter for five years I think they said, needless to say I hope they are wrong.

[Rimmer de Vries]

here are some Scilla Linguata in a frame now. kinda of between flower peaks on this plant here.
the large pot is 8 inch diameter

why does the upload rotate these pictures?

[Maggi Young]

We think  the occasional rotation of pictures  is because of the way the files have been saved initially  in your machine from the camera, Rimmer. 

[Rimmer de Vries]

thanks Maggie
 i deleted them, rotate them 360deg. and reloaded and now they are fine.

[brianw]

Can you explain why sometimes I click on a thumbnail and it opens a new window rather than just enlarging? Sometimes in the same posting I get both ways of opening.