Summer Snowflake - Leucojum aestivum

An English native dating back to the mid-eighteenth century, Summer Snowflake makes an elegant addition to the late spring garden. Dangling from each stem are up to 8 white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers with little green dots (fairy kisses?) on their tips. The effect is graceful and lovely. Plant extra so you can enjoy a few cut stems indoors in the spring – the flowers are softly chocolate scented! Easy to grow, Summer Snowflake blooms in late spring (not summer) and thrives in ordinary garden soil in sun to part shade. In the same plant family as daffodils, Leucojum offers the same deer, rabbit and rodent resistance. While it looks delicate, Leucojum aestivum is a strong, hardy and long lasting flower that looks beautiful when grown among other spring flowering bulbs, or with a backdrop of ferns or hosta. Lovely along a walkway or against a stone wall. It will naturalize to form stunning colonies over time but is never invasive, making it a great substitute for Lily of the Valley which, though lovely, can spread aggressively. May/June 12” to 15” in height 10 bulbs to a bag