page_title: Pancratium illyricum
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Pancratium illyricum / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pancrace d'Illyrie (Pancratium illyricum) - Habitat: Tolla ( Corse-du-Sud) - France, gorges du Prunelli. English: Pancratium illyricum - Habitat: Tolla (Corse-du-Sud) - France, Prunelli gorge.
context_page_description: Pancratium illyricum is a species of bulbous plant native to Corsica, Sardinia and the Capraia Islands of Tuscany.
  Pancratium illyricum grows on rocky slopes and sparse woodland areas, from sea level to more than 1300 m above sea level. It is a bulbous perennial with glaucous leaves, 30–60 cm long, 1½–½ cm wide. Leaves whither after flowering time, in early summer, and the plants goes dormant. The scape is up to 45 cm long, and the flowers are clustered in umbels of about 12, and are white with a short corona and very fragrant. Flowers appear in April to June. Pancratium canariense from the Canary Islands is very similar. It has broader leaves, longer flower-stalks and flowers in the autumn.
context_section_description: Easy to grow and flowers freely if planted near a south facing wall. Slow to increase. It is the hardiest Pancratium - USDA zone 8 and probably 7 in sheltered position with a southern aspect. Full sun in cooler climates, otherwise light shade. Propagation by seeds or division.
caption: Pancratium illyricum in Tolla (Corsica).
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