Ipheion 'Rolf Fiedler' is blooming now. I'm always surprised at how early it blooms - just after the earliest crocuses and reticulata irises. The leaves have been green all winter, although now that the weather has warmed a bit, they are starting to fade a bit, with brown tips. The flowers are indeed this bright chalky blue, a color so intense and mat that it looks almost artificial. If you put your nose close to them, there is a light hyacinth fragrance, but if you push your nose into them, the light bruisng of the flowers will release an oniony scent. Because the bulbs are very small (about a quarter-inch long) and plants are small, when you plant them in the fall, plant by the hundreds for a spectacular show. This patch was about 10 bulbs planted about four years ago.
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