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squill

(skwil),

The cut and dried fleshy inner scales of the bulb of the white variety of Urginea maritima (Mediterranean squill), or of U. indica (Indian squill) (family Liliaceae); the central portion of the bulb is excluded during its processing; squill contains cardiac glycosides (scillaren-A and scillaren-B) and scillaricide, a rodenticide.

Synonym(s): scilla

[L. squilla or scilla]

scilla,

n See squill.

Scilla

African plant genus in the family Liliaceae; includes S. maritima (Urginea maritima, source of commercial red, white squills), S. natalensis, S. nonscripta (bluebell), S. rigidifolia; contains bufadienolide cardiac glycoside.

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Bulbs: Grape hyacinth, Leucojum, Dutch iris, Scilla, Oriental lily, Daffodil

Bulbs forever

Scilla siberica – or squill – is one of the easiest, earliest and brightest stars in the spring firmament.

MY BLUE HEAVEN; Winter has only just arrived but that doesn't mean we can't dream of spring. Get your bulbs ready and let Mother Nature paint your garden azure once the snows have melted

Sprawling over 175 acres in Zoetermeer near The Hague, this mammoth, once-a-decade horticultural extravaganza features a wide array of plants, including hyacinths (43 kinds), lilies (more than 100 kinds of Asiatic and Oriental hybrids), dahlias (6,500 plants), and scillas (60,000 bulbs), as well as fruit espaliers and perennial gardens.

On the tulip trail in Holland

Ajuga (bugle) is ideal and easy, as are geraniums and early bulbs, such as scillas and daffodils.

Ask Carol

Again, Scillas, grape hyacinths and daffodils have a better track record than tulips for repeating blooms for years.

Still time to plant bulbs

22nd: When new raspberry leaves are almost ready for tea, scillas color city lawns blue, and soft touch-me-nots have sprouted in the wetlands.

Poor Will's countryside Almanack for early spring 2008

Snowdrops, erythroniums, scillas, crocus, lilies, alliums and many more can all come and go unobtrusively every year.

Make each plant work for its space

Or you could opt for some of the less widely grown bulbs, including scillas and glory of the snow (Chionodoxa), which commonly comes in pale blue although the new Pink Giant variety is a delicate lilac.

Your garden : Switch on to bright bulbs; PLANT NOW FOR SPRING

Window boxes are simply small, narrow borders and can put on a year-round display with Winter Pansies, Crocus, Snowdrops, Narcissi, Scillas, dwarf Tulips and Primroses in the spring, followed by half -hardy annuals in the summer.

IT MAKES SENSE TO GO POTTY IN THE GARDEN!; Shortage of space is not a problem if you fill your patch or patio with a rich display of blooms and shrubs - in containers. CHARLES LYTE explains how...; `There is almost nothing that cannot be grown in containers - even tomatoes and strawberries'

There is nothing quite so mesmerising than a woodland floor covered in hellebores accompanied by early flowering bulbs such as snowdrops, scillas and crocus.

Spring WONDERS; Nicolette Evans, horticulture lecturer at Coleg Cambria in Northop on the delights of heavenly hellebores

To perk up a winter display, replace badly damaged plants with pots of dwarf, early-flowering bulbs such as scillas and narcissi.

What to do this week; GARDENING

If you have had a continuing problem of the spring bulb flowers or foliage being eaten by deer or rodents, it may be best to avoid planting tulips and croci, as they are prime food for these pests, and instead make greater use of snowdrops, snowflakes, Scillas, Chionodoxas, Muscari (Grape Hyacinths), and splurge on daffodils.