Leucojum vernum var. carpathicum
Spring snowflake
- Height × spread
- 0.2m × 0.2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Winter, Spring
Availability
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About this plant
This is a spring flowering form of the summer snowflake. The pendulous flower is white with golden tipped petals and the bells are like those of an opulent snowdrop. Each flowering stalk carries two blooms and there is a soft violet fragrance. The foliage makes a distinctive clump of arching green leaves. The plant grows to around 20cm (8in) in both height and spread. Give it a shady or partly shaded site in moisture retentive soil.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, floral-violet
- Shape
- Cone
- Height
- 0.2m
- Spread
- 0.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Winter
- Flowers in
- Winter, Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Scented garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - late · Planting
Divide when too large
When the plant is too large clumps may be divided into two or more pieces. Rhizomes can be cut, whilst small bulbs or offsets are detached. The new plants can be grown in a container or planted in the ground.