Scilla mischtschenkoana

Photograph taken by on Sunday, March 10, 2013
Scilla mischtschenkoana

Scilla mischtschenkoana

Unfortunately I cannot put my hands on my garden drawing that tells me what is planted where. Still, I’m fairly sure this is Scilla mischtschenkoana, otherwise known as Mishchenko squill, early squill, or white squill. It’s a pretty little thing and the more lovely for blooming now, when most things are brown and dull.

It foretells of spring and the coming of many other little bulbs. I’m looking forward to the Scilla Siberica and the various Muscari and Chionodoxa varieties, most of which have blue or purple flowers, which are such delightful little things. I have Chionodoxa forbesii and C. luciliae as well as Muscari armeniacum, M. neglectum, and M. latifolium.

Soon. Very soon.

I should also say, I enjoy words that can manage seven consonants in a row, like mischtschenkoana. You have to stop and think about it before you say it.

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