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Amaryllidaceae
Spring snowflake
Leucojum vernum
Also known as Loddon lily, Erinosma verna, Nivaria verna, St. Agnes flower
Native Plants · Spring Bulb · Snowflake · Leucojum · Woodland Garden · Early Bloomer · White Flowers · Amaryllidaceae · Naturalizing · Shade Tolerant · Cottage Garden
Spring snowflake is a charming early-blooming bulb that naturalizes well in woodland gardens and shaded borders, producing delicate white bell-shaped flowers in late winter to early spring. Plant bulbs in autumn in moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil and allow the foliage to die back naturally after flowering. It requires little care once established and will spread reliably year after year.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water regularly during active growth; reduce watering after foliage dies back in summer · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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