Ipheion 'Wisley Blue'
"Spring starflower"
Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in August/September
Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in September/October
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
With the common name of spring starflower, we don’t really need to tell you much more—except that Ipheion 'Wisley Blue' is stunningly beautiful! Violet blue star-shaped flowers are produced over several weeks in spring, and each petal has a darker stripe through the middle. The flowers have a light but sweet perfume, too. Ipheion 'Wisley Blue' is reliable and easy to grow in a sheltered spot—it really is the perfect plant for garden beds, borders, pathways and pots.
Try it also in generous swathes across the garden—and it’s a natural for gravel gardens or rockeries and alpine beds. Crush the open clumps of green, strap-shaped foliage and it will give the feint aroma of garlic—well, ipheion is a member of the onion and garlic family!
This is a stand-out bulb, perfect for the front of the border where it will happily naturalise. Don’t just take our word for it: Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue' has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit for its outstanding qualities. Better still, if you live in a rural location, this ipheion seems to be left alone by animal pests such as deer and rabbits!
Key features
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Perfect for pots
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Comes back every year
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Naturalising
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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RHS Award (AGM)
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue'
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Flower colour
Blue
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Bulb size
5/+
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Established height
10-20cm
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Established spread
10-20cm
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Plant spacing
100 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
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Life cycle
Perennial, Naturalising
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade, Dappled shade
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Position
Exposed
Sheltered -
Suitable for
Borders
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Ground cover
Large containers
Low maintenance gardens
Pots -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Clay
Loam
Loam-based compost
Multipurpose compost
Sandy
Stony -
RHS Award (AGM)
Yes
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Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
Yes
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Ipheion 'Wisley Blue' bulbs from mid to late autumn;
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;
Plant your "Spring starflower" bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high;
Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart;
Place the Ipheion 'Wisley Blue' bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.
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Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in September 2024Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in October 2024Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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