Spring snowflake, as Leucojum vernum goes by, is a short bulb flower that blooms in early spring.
Name – Leucojum vernum
Family – Amaryllidaceae
Type – spring bulb
Height – 5 to 12 inches (12 to 30 cm)
Exposure – sun, shade
Soil – ordinary
Planting – fall
Flowering – January to March
These cute little flowers appear when snow starts melting away.
Spring snowflake is a bulb flower. As is the case with other spring bulbs, this one is also best planted in fall.
Check out our guide on how to plant bulbs.
Snowflake bulbs will dry up quickly in the air. Don’t wait long before planting them.
At the end of the blooming, wait for leaves to turn yellow. This means the plant has finally finished transferring nutrients to the bulb for the next season.
That’s all! It’s one of the plants that require only very little care.
Spring snowflake is often confused with the snowdrop flower, another cute white bulb flower. It blooms at the same time and is nearly the same size.
To tell them apart, remember that the snowflake flower is is wider and rounder, whereas snowdrop has three wider petals and then smaller petals inside.
This early-blooming spring flower will sprout through lawn grass and other lawn substitutes, so you can benefit from its blooming before the mowing seasons commences.
This flower will bloom several years in a row if you don’t disturb them and if they don’t suffer too much heat in summer. To keep them cool, keep a thick layer of dried leaves over the bulbs in summer.
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