Ipheion uniflorum | Spring Starflower Male gifts soil in full sun

soil in full sun

The flowers are dusky pink

and you can also grow through netting or other frameworks to keep them upright

It's also attractive under deciduous shrubs because the flowering period comes when the shrubs are still bare

as its flowers look like the fingers of a glove

Ipheion uniflorum | Spring Starflower Male gifts soil in full sunGorgeous little bulb plant, just wonderful for rockeries, pots, cottage gardens etc, with long narrow, slightly glaucous, onion scented leaves, which are produced in late autumn followed in spring by pretty, star shaped pale blue, scented flowers. Little treasures. Grows to just 10cm high but can spread to more than 1 metre, make sure you plant them where you'll always want them, or keep in pots! Grows best in full sun or shade. 1 litre pot.