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Native to steepes and wetlands in the western Caucasus clusters of 40 or so white flowers striped green in summer.

Native to Central and South America with large blue flowers on 1-2’ branching stems a bit like a huge flowered blue eyed grass.

From the winter rainfall regions of the Cape, small Scilla-like bulbs produce of a half dozen 2cm violet purple flowers in late autumn. We suspect that this is actually Polyxena longituba. “One time at band camp” … no wait that was a flute …”what’s my name bitch”.

Crocus-like species from the Mediterranean; violet flowers, one of the hardier species.