.png) Scopolia carniolica $9.95
- flowering season: April and May
- height: 12 to 15 inches
- Light requirements: shade, morning sunlight
- Soil requirements: average soil that drains well
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: a slowly widening clump
- How to propagate: grows from a tuber that is best divided in spring
- Leaf type: 4 to 5-inch long oblong leaves
- Ways to use it: for a shady garden
- Special characteristics: early blooming, with cup shaped flowers that are yellow inside and dark reddish on the outside
This uncommon perennial grows from a flattened, tan tuber just below the soil surface. In spring new flowers appear before the young leaves fully open, the height of the flowers being just under a foot tall. The blossoms are golden yellow and dark reddish on the outside, and cup shaped. They last for several weeks. Its native home is the eastern Alps and Carpathian mountains of Europe. It belongs to the Solanaceae family. Care should be used in handling it -- not to rub your eyes if you get any of the sap on your hands. It is poisonous, as is true of quite a few more commonly seen garden plants. Click here for a list of common garden plants that are poisonous. |
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