Description
A bulbous perennial plant, growing up to 80 cm tall, with basal grey-green linear, grassy leaves and clusters of white flowers with characteristic flat, heart-shaped greenish glands on the tepals.
The Eastern populations belong to ssp. glaucus (all seeds offered previously were from such populations).
Highly ornamental but ‘deadly’ if ingested, as its common name implies. Very unusual, elegant, a good focal point plant for the moist rockery or other highlight spots in the garden. An under-used species in my opinion.
For companion-plants read more here: Zigadenus companions.
Germination: sow in the fall (and place the pots outside) or in the spring after a period of cold-moist stratification in the fridge (3 months). Germination starts promptly in early spring. Grow for 2 years in the sowing pot.
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