Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue dicks is a widespread western bulb that lifts dense clusters of blue-violet flowers on slender stalks in spring, a drought-adapted, easy native and an important early nectar source. Corms are edible.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, December
- Bloom colors
- white, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, OR