Thursday, April 1, 2010

IDENTIFIED - SIBERIAN SQUILL - aka - Spring Beauty


Our little spring flower has a name - the Siberian Squill (Scilla Siberica). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_squill.

Thank you to Matt and Pam for hunting down the little flower from Siberia!!

There were two other suggested prospects - Campanula (Bellflower)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula
and Campanula (Harebell) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_rotundifolia. Both of which look very much like this spring beauty, but are taller and bloom later than the Squill. Thank you to Leah and Judy for coming up with the Bellflower and Harebell.

We belief she came down the hill from our neighbor, Judy Johnson. Judy mentioned she had a little flower that fit this description but could only remember they were in the lily family. Judy could recall obtaining the flower from her mother years ago. We hope they continue to spread across our lawn.

1 comment:

leahbird said...

Thanks for the correct ID! I have a few of these coming up so it is good to know what they are!