One of my favourite spring bulbs is now in blossom: Glory of the Snow (Chionodoxa forbessi) is a scilla-like flower (in the lily, or Liliaceae, family) with a cheerful, bright-white centre. It grows throughout zones 3-8 and is native to western Turkey. I have far too few of them I think (!) – they’re planted amid some pure white scilla (Scilla Siberica)whose blossoms resemble clusters of downward-facing bells. Reminiscent of English bluebells but more delicate.
Puschkinia – (Scilloides libanotica) are nicely spreading alongside the Chionodoxa. Flowerettes resemble a delicate hyacinth, having white scilla-like petals with dainty blue stripes.
Meanwhile, leaves of blue magic grape hyacinth (Muscari aucherii) are just starting to form their grass-like clumps – but I cannot see their clusters of blossoms, yet.
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