If you can, choose small bulbs that thrive in shade, such as scilla, winter aconite, snowdrops and English bluebells.
From the washingtonpost.com
Without a doubt, Sammarco has a giant scilla, sometimes known as Portuguese squill, which cannot be mistaken for anything else.
From the dailynews.com
Alongside pots of other forcing bulbs, such as hyacinths, scilla, crocuses and lily of the valley for full-on winter denial.
From the guardian.co.uk
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An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
Scilla (Squill), is a genus of about 50 bulb-forming perennial herbs in the hyacinth family native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe and Asia. ...
Scilla is a town and comune in Calabria, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Reggio Calabria. It is the traditional site of the sea monster Scylla of Greek mythology.
Calabrian wine is Italian wine from the Calabria region of southern Italy. Over 90% of the region's wine production is red wine, with a large portion made from the Gaglioppo grape. ...
(Scillae) inner scales of the bulb of the Drimia indica (Liliaceae) and commonly known as Squill which was used as an expectorant, emetic and diuretic.