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Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Family: Amarylidaceae Stem & Leaf Type: her baceous tunicate bulb Culture & Landscape Value: Size: 8” to 15” tall and wide Despite what the name says, summer snowflake appears in spring! USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-8 Grow plants in full to part sun and average to fertile, well-drained Leaves: str ap-shaped 10” long. Resembles daffodil soil. Plants like even moisture through the season. Plants do well foliage if mulched well in summer with compost to help keep plants moist Leaf Color: dar k gr een and cool throughout the summer. Plants take a little while to get Fall Color: br ight yellow established, but once they are, slowly and consistently spread by Flowers: 1 or 2 white 1” long bell-shaped flowers bulb offsets to create wonderful colonies and drifts of plants. Plant that have a green spot at the tip of each tepal on erect bulbs in autumn 2” to 3” deep, 4” to 6” apart. Plants can be dug stems, spring. and divided in early summer once foliage begins to die back, but if Fruit: not significant you can leave them alone, they are much happier! This genus is Light: full sun to par t-shade. Good for shade garden closely related to snowdrops (Galanthus) - with similar flowers. since bloom is before Snowdrops have tepals of uneven length, where as summer snowleaves emerge on flake has six tepals of equal length. deciduous trees Notes: A r elated species, autumn snowflake (L. autumnale) Moisture: moist, is shorter at 4” to 6” tall and blooms in later summer, early fall. well-drained. Hardy to zone 5 and decidedly more difficult to grow in the averInsect/Disease age garden than the more common L. aestivum. Issues: None ser ious Nativity: wester n Europe, Middle East, Months of Interest: northern Africa. Jan Feb Mar Apr Location in the Gardens: May Jun Jul Aug Parking Lot, near Sep April 2016 Oct Nov Dec