General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6-9 inches
Plant Spread: 6-9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Other: Soft violet-blue flowers with white centers, Lilac blue w/ white center
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade

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Common names
  • Glory Of The Snow
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Scilla luciliae
  • Synonym: Chionodoxa luciliae
  • Synonym: Chionodoxa gigantea

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Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 201-04-22
Location: Iowa
Location: My North Yorkshire Garden
Date: 2020-03-19
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2022-09-18
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 30, 2007
Blooming Among Oak Leaves
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-03-30
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 30, 2007
Close Up View
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: March 17, 2016
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: March 17, 2016
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-10
Location: JI garden at master bedroom.
Date: 2008-0403
Location: JI garden at master bedroom.
Date: 2007-0414
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 30, 2007
Close Up View
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2022-09-18
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2010-04-12
Location: my garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-10-24
Location: Fairfax, VA
Bad framing and lighting. Sorry.
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Date: 2009-03-24
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-10
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2022-04-12
Planted just 2 weeks ago early Spring.
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 30, 2007
Flower Buds
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-04-30
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 24th March 2010
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-03-29
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-09-01
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-03-19
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Cillas
Location: Fairfax, VA | October 2022
Date: 2022-10-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-10
Location: JI garden at master bedroom.
Date: 2008-0403
Location: Niagara-on-the- Lake, On
Date: 2009-04-15
Extremely invasive: spotty spreading.
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01

Date: 2005-03-21
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 24th March 2009
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-01
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
credit: Magnus Manske

Date: c. 1885
illustration from 'The Garden', 1885
Location: JI garden at master bedroom.
Date: 2008-0403
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2010-04-07
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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 18th March 2011
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 31st March 2008
Gorgeous long blooming spring bulb!

Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden, Poland
Date: 2018-04-07
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treehugger On March 28, 2016 Bloomed
Flowers are fully opened.
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25 bulbs
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Purchased from WM.
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Chionodoxa luciliae, not Chionodoxa sardensis by growitall May 28, 2014 9:48 PM 6

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