Blue Pearl Spanish bluebell
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Blue Pearl'
A.M.-B.C. 1944
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Blue Pearl' Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Blue Pearl') is a bulb for borders, containers, woodland gardens, and rock gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It blooms in early to late spring with amethyst blue flowers. It grows in a clump and spreads at a rapid rate.
Pairs well with Cheerfulness daffodil, Sensitive fern, Little Beauty tulip, and Miss Kim lilac.