Flower colour: white, blue, mauve, purple; may have areas of white, yellow, or orange
Flowering period: March – April
Average plant height: 7.5 cm
Planting depth to base of bulb: 12.5 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 2.5 cm
Type of bulb: corm
Light requirements: full sun to partial shade
Landscape uses: borders, rock gardens, in lawns, under shrubs and trees, and for indoor forcing
This beautiful species with its light blue flowers and yellow centre grows wild in the Balkans. The pistils are very bright orange. One cultivar, ‘Firefly’, has violet-red flowers.
