Have many(and I do mean many!) in my sunny afternoon rock garden. It is hardy(not evergreen) in Zone 7(positive reports from zone 6) and has spread so rapidly that all of the other plants in the RG are in danger of being overrun.
I haven't tried them in a wet location, but their native habitat is damp grasslands from southeastern Africa, north to the Indian sub-continent. The blooms arise on seperate stems after the foliage and are attractive, small pinkish globose clusters, made up of many tiny flowers. They usually persist for a long time. Not all of the bulbs will bloom each year in our locale and the foliage may be rather late emerging from some bulbs.

Family: Liliaceae(Hyacinthaceae)
Species: Ledebouria cooperi
Synonyms: Ledebouria violacea, Scilla cooperi, Scilla violacea
Common Names: Striped Squill, Pinstripe Squill

This plant is a conversation focus in my RG because of the tiny flowers and striped foliage, so have fun with it and you will soon be able to share some with EVERY garden friend!
Rb

Thanks for the quick reply Rb. So from your comments do I need to worry about them getting away from me? Are they easy to keep contained if I stay on it? I can't wait to see the flowers they look really cool in pictures. Too bad my rock garden is all full of holes or I might plant it there. But I have a different spot for it so maybe I will move some there after it spreads out. Hopefully by then I will have figured out what to do with all the big gaping eroded holes in my rock garden.

Kathy
Now I remember your dilemma with the runoff problem from upstream construction! Hope you have had some success in solving the problem and can now devote your energies to something more pleasurable; gardening!
The Ledebouria is shallow rooted, so it is easy to remove the offsets. If you want to contain them in a small area, encircle the plant with a 3-4" deep collar, made from a plastic or metal pot or pan, leaving the top just above the soil level. I use that method to contain my clumps of variegated bamboo, except the collars are 8-10" deep.(I'm the nervous type, when dealing with bamboo and I still keep a watchful eye on them).
Rb

PS - If you find other species of Ledebouria locally, please let me know. I would be interested in trying them, especially L. socialis & L. luteola. Most mailorder sources are too expensive for an experimenial plant.

I have some sort of Ledebouria growing at church. I keep on propigating them, yet I'm not sure what kind they are. RB, I'll try and rememeber to photograph them. They are hardy here.

GGG

Found 2 Ledebouria socialis(Silver Squill) at HD in their cacti & succulent display while taking shelter from a downpour. They were in tiny pots, but had multiple bulbs in each. Appeared to be very healthy, so I guess that indicates that they are drought tolerant! A reliable source states that they are hardy to 15*F, so one will go in the RG and the other in the GH as a reserve.
Rb

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:831687}}

I'm glad to see a discussion on this. I bought this plant at a good nursery near Houston, TX but she gave me info on it which was about 1/3 correct, including totally garbling the name. She did say it is a South African plant and I find that is correct. I finally saw a picture of it in a Yucca Do catalog (Yucca Do is a great place) so now I know what I have. I have already fairly severely divided it, I have to admit, so hope it blooms next spring.

Here is a link that might be useful: Scilla picture and info

I agree that Yucca Do is a great source for plants of the US Southwest, Mexico & S. America. They list one of the Ledebouria's that interest me. L. lutea(luteola?). but I hope to find them locally. Another listing is Ledebouria sp. 'Gary Hammer', which I recently traded for. A good friend, with a new rock garden, found them at a local nursery and she had to share them. I recently made a trip to Atlanta to visit my favorite succulent source; The Swamp, but they only had L. cooperi. While there, I did find some super values on Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' & 'Silver Scrolls' and Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'. I also admired(but didn't purchase) a variegated foliage(green/yellow) Tibouchina 'Athen's Blue'. May try one next year.
I am hoping that Yucca Do will soon offer a Texas native, Galveston Spider lily, Hymenocallis galvestonensis(known as H. eulae in Texas), at a reasonable price.
Good gardening!
Rb