Botanical Name: Ipheion uniflorum
Common Name: Spring star flower
Type of Plant: monocot: bulb
Character summer deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape small clumping plant with narrow, blue-green grassy leaves; has a slight onion smell when brushed; small bluish, star-shaped flowers in spring
Height 6" to 8"
Spread to 12"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to nearly full shade; blooms best in sun
Soil not fussy, tolerates all soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves flat, narrow, 1/8" wide forming from small membranous bulbs blades to 6" long, blue-green color with a slight onion odor
Flowers star-shaped, to 1" wide, usually white with bluish striping
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
division, seed
 
Usage:
small spring flowering bulb for low border areas, in rock gardens and as a small groundcover in wild areas; use where summer dormancy is not a problem
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average watering; tolerates drought
Fertilizing balanced fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove dead foliage after dormant in late spring
Pests/Diseases none
 
Origin: South America
Family: Amaryllidaceae

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