Hyacinthoides vicentina

This is a super little, May flowering plant, related to Scilla verna but with soft blue flowers of heavy texture, made reliably every year. These have the characteristic paired bracts under each flower and contrasting navy-blue pollen.

We grow it in a raised bed in full sun, but it is very tolerant.

From a collection at Cabo san Vicente by the late Vic Horton many years ago.