General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 80-100 cm
Plant Spread: 20 cm
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: erratic
Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds 0.2 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs

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Common names
  • Summer Hyacinth
  • Berg Lily
  • Cape Hyacinth
  • Spire Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ornithogalum candicans
  • Synonym: Galtonia candicans

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Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-08-24
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Keith Edkins

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-31

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Keith Edkins
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