Triteleia laxa (Ithuriels Spear)

Rewarding and easy care, Triteleia laxa (Ithuriel's Spear) is a cormous perennial boasting loose umbels of up to 25 big, star-shaped, blue-mauve flowers in mid-spring to early summer. The flowers are tubular, opening into a sharply six-pointed star. Rising on long, slender stalks, they open continuously for a month or more, extending the show for quite a while before the plant goes dormant in summer. The foliage of long, grasslike basal leaves emerges in late winter and dies back as the flowers appear. Easy to grow, undemanding, drought tolerant, beautiful and adaptable, Ithuriel's Spear is a charming addition to the landscape. Native from southern Oregon to southern California, it is often found in heavy soils, open forests, mixed conifer or foothill woodlands, and grasslands on clay soils.

• Growing up to 15-28 in. high (37-70 cm), this beauty will naturalize in optimum growing conditions and will come back year after year!
• Easily grown in light, sandy, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Tolerates clay soil. In cold winter areas, apply a layer of mulch to protect this plant. For best results, provide the plant with consistent moisture from spring to early summer; however, maintain a dry soil after blooming until the following spring. Drought tolerant.
• Virtually disease-free and pest-free.
• Stunning in beds, borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens, or city gardens. For best visual impact, plant in groups (at least 10 bulbs). Long-lasting cut flowers with a great vase life.
• Propagate by seed, sown with moderate heat as soon as ripe. Separate corms when dormant.
• Native from southern Oregon to southern California.