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Scilla luciliae
Glory-of-the-snow · Boissier's Glory-of-the-Snow · Scilla · Lucile's Squill · Lucile's Glory-of-the-snow
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
10–32 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 6–8
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735
Observations
3,498
Description
Source: leafsnapScilla luciliae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is referred to by the common names Bossier's glory-of-the-snow or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, and is a bulbous perennial from western Turkey that flowers in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The specific epithet is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885). It belongs to a group of Scilla species that were formerly put in a separate genus, Chionodoxa, and may now be treated as Scilla sect. Chionodoxa.
🎭 Loyalty, fidelity and constancy
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 10–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 10–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Scilla
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 6-8
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 23 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Blue
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early spring, Mid spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Native Area
- Turkey
Tags (4)
Common Names (7)
en Glory-of-the-snow
en Boissier's Glory-of-the-Snow
en Scilla
en Lucile's Squill
en Lucile's Glory-of-the-snow
en Boissier's glory of the snow
en Chionodoxa luciliae