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Ixiolirion tataricum

 
Family ixioliriaceae
Life cycle perennial (Z4-7)
Flowers blue (late spring)
Size 12"
Light sun
Cultural notes ordinary garden soil

Species from Asia, growing from a corm, with blue trumpet flowers on 12-inch stems.

This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away...

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Seed-starting details for this plant

  1. Seed from '09 trade. Baggy 35F (12w; 25%G, 8-12w) - 70F (5%G, 3d)
  2. Same seed as above, cold-stored through summer. Baggy 35F (16w; 63%G, 8-16w) - 70F (12%G, 11-20d)

Best approach appears to be holding at cold temperatures for a long time, during which germination is erratic.


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