Ipheion 'Rolf Fiedler'

From the family, Amaryllidaceae, having common name(s) associated with the genus; Spring Starflower.

Coll. in Uruguay: Departamento de Maldonado. Brian Halliwell, RBG. Kew has given this cultivar name to the plant, distributed by Rolf Fiedler. Flowers bright sky-blue, much brighter than I. u. 'Wisley Blue'. It is rather different from the latter, the leaves are prostrate (not erect) and it is stoloniferous. Bulbs have to reach a fair size in order to flower (about 2 inches) Indifferent to type of soil. The leaves dislike frost. Ht 3 1/8-4 3/4 inches. AGM. Ht. 3 inches.

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Catalog Number: F08-3730