Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum

Leucojum aestivum

"Summer snowflakes"

Leucojum aestivum

5 bulbs — £3.75

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You can expect your order in September 2024

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Description

Refresh your planting schemes with a delicate flurry of Leucojum aestivum. Also known as 'Summer Snowflakes', they actually flower in spring but are incredibly long lasting, with multiple nodding blooms per stem each with daintily pointed and green-tipped petals. Close up their flower detail and form is totally gorgeous, and from afar a good clump of these creates a fabulous dotty peppering of white which will invigorate any garden design.

Leucojum aestivum have similar looks to that of the snowdrop, only much taller and later, so if you love snowdrops then this is the perfect choice to continue that cool fresh look right though spring! Easy to grow, perennial and a strong naturaliser, these generous plants are happy to just keep giving – each year producing more and more of their bonny white blooms. 

Key features

  • Comes back every year

  • Fragrant

  • Attractive to wildlife

  • Loved by pollinators

  • Naturalising

  • Thrives well in full sun

  • Packed in paper bags

  • Low maintenance

  • Fully hardy

  • Rodent resistant

Specs & details

  • Botanical name

    Leucojum aestivum

  • Flower colour

    White

  • Bulb size

    10/12

  • Established height

    50-70cm

  • Established spread

    10-20cm

  • Plant spacing

    90 bulbs per m2

  • Leaf colour

    Green

  • Habit

    Upright
    Clump-forming

  • Life cycle

    Perennial
    Naturalising

  • Hardiness

    Fully hardy

  • Years to establish

    1st year

  • Sunlight

    Full sun

  • Position

    Sheltered
    Exposed

  • Suitable for

    Large containers
    Borders
    Wildlife gardens
    Coastal gardens
    Cottage gardens
    Low maintenance gardens

  • Soil acidity

    Any

  • Soil moisture

    Free draining
    Damp

  • Soil type

    Loam
    Sandy
    Clay
    Stony
    Multipurpose compost
    Loam-based compost

  • Growing skill

    Easy to grow

  • Scented

    Yes

  • Pollinator-friendly

    Yes

  • Mouse resistant

    Yes

  • Rabbit resistant

    Yes

  • Deer resistant

    Yes

  • Toxicity

    No report

Plant calendar

JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSepOctNovDec
  • Planting
  • Flowering

Useful information

    • Plant your Leucojum aestivum bulbs from mid to late autumn;

    • Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;

    • Plant your "Summer snowflakes" bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high;

    • Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart;

    • Place the Leucojum aestivum bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.

    Read all planting & care instructions

  • Orders placed before 1 September 2024
    You can expect your order in September 2024

    Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
    You can expect your order in October 2024

    Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
    You can expect your order within 10 business days

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