As per our discussions at the art meeting on the 22nd, we should clear up the difference between these two small early blooming bulbs.
There are many different species in each genus, but the common ones here are the deep blue Scilla siberica (with deep blue, almost black anthers) and Chionodoxa, which comes in pink, white and, most frequently, a lovely sky blue. Chionodoxa, also known as Glory of the Snow, has a white throat, but it is invisible on the white one and all but invisible on the pale pink bloom.
Scilla
Scilla in lawn
Chionodaxa
Pink Chionodoxa
White Chionodoxa
Just to add some confusion, at the same time, Puschkinia is in bloom. It is the palest of blues with a darker stripe on the face of the flower, as well as more bloom per stem.
Puschkinia
All of these 'minor' bulbs mix well under lilacs or others shrubs, bunched together with hundreds of the same kind under a specific shrub, or just allowed to run rampant anywhere in you lawn….naturalized.
Come fall, don't buy a bag of ten, but five bags of 100! You won’t regret it!!!
Mass planting of Puschkinia — a very pale baby blue
Scilla under trees — no white throats
Chionodoxa with its white throat