BOTANICAL: Galanthus nivalis 'Simplex'

PRONOUNCED: guh-LAN-thus niv-VAL-us


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COMMON: Common or true snowdrop

BLOOM
HEIGHT
LIGHT
ZONE
Early March to April
4" - 6"
Semishade
2 - 9

March - White

COMMENTS: Its two, gray-green 1/4-inch leaves appear pressed together at the base. The drooping 1-inch flowers have outer petals much longer than the green-rimmed inner cylinder. Naturalizes freely. New plantings should be made in the fall in woodsy, moist, well-drained, enriched soil. Suggested cultivars:
G. nivalis 'Arnott's Seedling', fragrant, robust and 6- to 10-inches tall.
G. nivalis '
Florae Pleno' is somewhat double.
G.nivalis lutescens, Instead of the usual green, the markings on the petals are all replaced by sulphur-yellow/
G. nivalis plenus (4") is a hard-to-find double form.

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