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Chionodoxa luciliae |
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| Synonym(s) |
Scilla luciliae; Chionodoxa gigantea |
| Common name |
glory of the snow |
| Family |
hyacinthaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial bulb (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
blue (April) |
| Size |
3" |
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From a bag of K-Mart bulblets. Charming! I believe that the more compact, all-blue ones are C. luciliae, and the narrower-petaled, white-centered ones are C. gigantea. Although calling either of these petite beauties "gigantic" seems silly.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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