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Description
Melittis melissophyllum 'Royal Velvet Distinction', a selected variety of the Bastard Balm, is meeting Chouardia litardierei, the Amethyst Meadow Squill, on a south-faced edge of a hedge in our garden.

Melittis is native to a wide region in Europe, from Spain and Britain to Turkey. In spite of its strange common name in English, it is a plant with many values (in Germany it is called 'Immenblatt', therefore - literally 'honeybee leave'). And it is fully garden-worthy, especially when it produces such beautiful flowers like this one. The Amethyst Meadow Squill, also known as Scilla litardierei or Scilla amethystina, is native to the countries from Slovenia and Serbia in the north to Albania in the south. This lovely plant is the latest flowering spring squill.

Description
Melittis melissophyllum 'Royal Velvet Distinction', a selected variety of the Bastard Balm, is meeting Chouardia litardierei, the Amethyst Meadow Squill, on a south-faced edge of a hedge in our garden.

Melittis is native to a wide region in Europe, from Spain and Britain to Turkey. In spite of its strange common name in English, it is a plant with many values (in Germany it is called 'Immenblatt', therefore - literally 'honeybee leave'). And it is fully garden-worthy, especially when it produces such beautiful flowers like this one. The Amethyst Meadow Squill, also known as Scilla litardierei or Scilla amethystina, is native to the countries from Slovenia and Serbia in the north to Albania in the south. This lovely plant is the latest flowering spring squill.