Olive-green bells with a bronze whisper and delicate flashes of wine and rose.
 
In early spring, slender stems bow under one to three nodding blooms: olive-green bells lightly edged in yellow and washed with bronze to plum, with delicate purple veining and little blushes of pink on the outer tepals when the light hits. Up close, those touches of pink and purple read like watercolor over green, giving a wild-yet-polished look. Native to the Balkans and western Asia, it favors the cool, leaf-strewn end of the garden, orchard grass, stream edge—then slips into dormancy by early summer. Pollinators visit while deer and rodents usually don’t.
 
Plant in rich soil that holds moisture in spring and drains freely after bloom. Morning sun to part shade is best, though brighter sites work if the ground stays cool. Plant seeds in autumn  a few inches apart, then leave them to settle; they dislike disturbance and will clump up, with gentle self-sowing where pleased. Expect ten to sixteen inches tall, flowering in April and May; reliably hardy in USDA Zones 4–8 with spring moisture and a summer rest.
 
Sow outdoors in fall so natural cold can break dormancy, or replicate winter by sealing barely moist seed for twelve to sixteen weeks in the refrigerator before sowing just at the surface of a gritty, humus-rich mix. Keep evenly moist and cool at 50–60°F. Germination is unhurried and may stagger over more than one spring. Seedlings resemble fine grass; grow them on in pots or a nursery bed for two to three seasons, giving steady moisture in spring and a drier rest in summer, and avoid lifting the young bulbs. First flowers typically appear in the third to fifth year—worth it for those olive bells kissed with purple and pink.
 
Perennial zones 4-8
 
This is for 10 seeds