Golden-orange throat banded with white makes a vivid center in these bright lilac-blue blooms. Sublimely striking whether in the garden or forced indoors. Sometimes the flowers emerge before the leaves; flowers open wide and starlike in the sun. One to three scented flowers per corm. A vigorous species native to Greece and Crete.
2–3" tall. Very Early Spring blooms, Z4-8, 5cm/up bulbs.