Giant Snowdrop Bulbs

BOTANICAL NAME

Galanthus elwesii

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun
• Partial Shade

BLOOM SEASON

• Late Winter through Early Spring

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping

PLANT HEIGHT

• 6 to 8 inches

PLANT TYPE

• Giant

COLOR

• White

Giant Snowdrop brings a cheerful, early-season spark just as winter loosens its grip, with two-inch broad ivory flowers tipped in green and handsome gray-green foliage. Giant Snowdrop is prized as one of the earliest and largest snowdrops, opening wide in sunshine while staying neatly closed on cloudy days. A time-tested heirloom (introduced in the late 1800s), it thrives in rich, woodsy soil and naturalizes readily into long-lived colonies that deer tends to avoid.

• Very early flowering; enjoy their nodding blooms as the snow retreats
• Galanthus comes from the Greek words for milk (gala) and flower (anthos)
• Grows easily in moist, well-drained, hummus-rich soils in full sun to dappled shade

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow

PLANTING DEPTH

• 2 to 4 inches

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 3 to 4 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8