A very popular selection, Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty' is a bulbous perennial boasting large, bell-shaped, intense blue flowers, up to 6 dangling from their stem in early to mid spring. Each bulb produces 3 to 4 flower stems above the foliage of narrowly oblong leaves. Easy to grow, this is one of the most winter hardy of the scillas and can be found in hardiness zone 2. A great naturalizer, it multiplies and comes back year after year, turning the landscape into a sea of blue. Looks best when planted in large drifts. 'Spring Beauty is reported to be a bigger, better cultivar than the species.

• Grows up to 3-6 in. tall and wide (7-15 cm).
• Thrives in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
• Stunning when massed around shrubs or trees, in sweeping drifts in woodlands or wild areas or naturalized in the lawn.
• It combines nicely with Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-Snow), which flowers a bit earlier and overlaps with Galanthus (Snowdrops). And it stays around to greet the earliest daffodils!
• Propagate by seed, sown, when ripe, in containers in a cold frame or separate offsets when dormant
• This plant has high severity poison characteristics. Leaves, blooms, bulbs and seeds are all toxic.
• Toxic to humans, dogs, and cats.