Aphyllanthes monspeliensis Greece propagation has been painfully slow

propagation has been painfully slow

Just beneath the deeply-lobed leaf

Cypella coelestis closely resembles a blue flowered Tigridia in both flower and plant

Mikinori Ogisu of Japan

the white (with a central yellow blotch)

Aphyllanthes monspeliensis Greece propagation has been painfully slowFew gardeners have ever run across the monotypic Aphyllanthes monspeliensis, unless you've spent time in the Mediterranean region south to Morocco. This solitary genus in the Asparagus family produces a small rock garden size plant that looks like Festuca glauca until it flowers, then it looks just like a sisyrinchium or other irid. The narrow wiry glaucous leaves form a tight clump, topped, starting for us in mid April with 1" medium blue flowers.