Summer snowflake

This early-blooming perennial is the perfect complement to daffodils and other spring garden staples. Learn more about summer snowflake.

It's time to start thinking about buying spring bulbs for fall planting, so I thought I would do a series of posts featuring some of the more unusual possibilities. Image from the free digital archives of the New York Public Library. Leucojum is native to Western Asia and Europe, where they are found in damp woodlands and along streams. There are two main species of Leucojum. Spring Snowflakes, Leucojum vernum usually bloom a few weeks after Snowdrops and go dormant in summer. Contrary to…

The pretty blooms of Summer Snowflake are a cluster of bell-shaped flowers at the end of a tall scape that dance gracefully when moved in a breeze. The strappy foliage is similar to that of daffodils... See the full plant profile at - https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/05/summer-snowflake-plant-profile.html

Daffodils aren't the only deer and rabbit resistant spring blooming bulbs. Summer Snowflake is ideal for the spring garden plagued by unwelcome guests.

Deer avoid plants that are poisonous to them; plants with sticky, hairy, or thorny leaves and stems; and highly aromatic plants.

If you want to beautify your garden and amaze the onlookers, plant these unusual Spring Flowering Bulbs in this list, this fall.

Leucojum aestivum, or Summer Snowflake, at Saltram House, Plymouth.

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Add color to gray, dreary days with the prettiest, hardiest, and all-around best winter flowers, from colorful English primroses to white Christmas roses.

Leucojum aestivum (common name 'Summer snowflake' or 'Loddon Lily') Detail may be viewed in very large size: www.flickr.com/photos/fourseasonsgarden/8724503703/sizes/...