A pretty little bulb producing star45shaped blue45white flowers with darker blue central stripes on each petal scilla mischtschenkoana 39tubergeniana39 is one of the earliest plants to flower blooming from february to march above clumps of stout strap45shaped leaves fantastic for naturalising in lawns and borders this lovely squill works well planted beneath deciduous trees and shrubs among rock garden plants and grown in containers on the patio hardy and low maintenance