Sacha asked:

Anybody else growing this?

I did very many years ago and would love to again because to my mind
it is the most handsome of all Scillas - even if it is a bit tender
away from southern coastal regions. ISTR that it never set seed and
had to be increased by natural division of the bulbs or by scoring the
basal plate of dormant bulbs to encourage the formation of bulbils for
growing on.

I saw it at the nursery when I popped in a week last Thursday - a very
fine potful! However, I became distracted by an unusual Bromeliad in
the main greenhouse that is now in flower in my kitchen and which I've
since managed to identify as the rather rare (in this country at
least) Pitcairnia bergii. A wonderful species from Equador with
arching spikes of 5cms. long, soft scarlet, tubular flowers. Quite a
find for that day!

Dave Poole
Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK
Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C.
Growing season: March - November