Leucojum forcing bulbs
"Giant snowflakes"
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 2023
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
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Description
Force an early flurry of spectacular giant snowflakes with Leucojum 'Gravetye Giant' forcing bulbs! Here’s another wonderful way to bring the outdoors in to light up your home during early spring. This much-loved Leucojum traditionally flowers outdoors around April every year, but these special bulbs are cultivated in a warmer climate which means they are naturally adapted for early flowering and best suited for forcing indoors to produce a sparkling display from as early as January. What’s more, these giant snowflake bulbs for forcing typically produce extra florets, giving you a longer lasting and more impressive blizzard of blooms!
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' forcing bulbs do need to experience a cool dormant period before they’ll start to grow. We recommend planting into pots in autumn and keeping them in a sheltered outdoor position for around 9-12 weeks – once they are brought indoors, they should start to grow quite rapidly. While growing, they’ll need plenty of natural light, so a position the pot in a conservatory or right next to a window at least until they reach flowering stage. Once bloomed, plant the Leucojum 'Gravetye Giant' forcing bulbs outside and they should grow back in the following year!
Key features
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Comes back every year
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Fragrant
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Attractive to wildlife
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Loved by pollinators
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Naturalising
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Thrives well in full sun
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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RHS Award (AGM)
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
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Flower colour
White
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Bulb size
14/+
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Established height
70cm-1m
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Established spread
10-20cm
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Plant spacing
90 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
Naturalising -
Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun
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Position
Sheltered
Exposed -
Suitable for
Large containers
Borders
Wildlife gardens
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
Damp -
Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Clay
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
RHS Award (AGM)
Yes
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Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
Yes
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Pollinator-friendly
Yes
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
Yes
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Leucojum forcing bulbs bulbs from mid to late autumn;
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;
Plant your "Giant 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 forcing bulbs bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.
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Orders placed before 1 September 2025
You can expect your order in September 2025Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2025
You can expect your order in October 2025Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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