| Description | An early spring blooming bulb. It has yellow flowers and will push through the snow to bloom. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | spring time full sun, shade as trees leaves appear |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | 1 inch wide, bright yellow, cup shaped, the flower starts stalkless but extend to about 3-4 inches as it fades, flower is subtended by a collar of leaf-like bract, open in full sun and close at night, blooms end of April to early March. |
| Leaves | lobed basil leaves appear after flowering, forms a tuber |
| Dimensions | up too 4 inches |
| Maintenance | if it likes the spot can become an aggressive re-seeder |
| Propagation | seeds need to be sown immediately since the quickly lose their viability, seeds are ripe in green seed pods, division, moisten the bulbs over night in wet peat moss, plant the next day |
| Native Site | Native to Europe. |
| Misc Facts | Very similar to E. cilicia. |
| Notes & Reference | #60-The American Gardeners World of Bulbs (Judy Glattstein), #113-Bulbs for Gardens Habits (Judy Glattstein), #146-Early Bulbs (Rod Leeds), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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