Summer Snowflake

Leucojum aestivum

L. Species

Looking for an openly licensed photograph…

Botanical name
Leucojum aestivum
Also known as
Giant Snowflake, Loddon Lily, Loddon-Lily, Summer Snowflake
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Leucojum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Summer Snowflake

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Leucojum aestivum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Leucojum aestivum subsp. aestivum Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum Leucojum hernandezii Leucojum pulchellum Nivaria aestivalis Nivaria monadelphia Polyanthemum aestivale

Others in Leucojum

Leucojum vernum
Spring Snowflake
Leucojum ionicum
Leucojum vernum var. carpathicum
Leucojum vernum var. vernum

GardenDecoded is an educational gardening reference. Botanical data comes from World Flora Online and GBIF; growing guidance is our own. Always check a plant's toxicity and local invasiveness status before planting, and never eat or apply a plant based on this site alone.