IPHEION uniflorum (Triteleia uniflora). Spring Star Flower. Argentina, Uruguay. This is one of the best small bulbs for California’s varied climates. Its cylindrical, profusely branched corms form dense colonies up to 1’ broad. Ground-hugging, bluish green leaves appear in fall and persist until late spring. Light lavender-blue, star shaped blossoms a little over 1" broad nestle among the leaves in winter and early spring. ‘Wisley Blue’ is particularly floriferous and has larger, darker flowers than the norm. ‘Rolf Fiedler’ is distinguished by very dark, nearly true blue flowers with rounded petals. ‘Album’ has (as you might guess) pure white flowers, though with a light blue blush during cloudy weather. Sun or light shade, most soils, little or no watering during the summer dormant period. Hardy to 5^oF. or less.