Summer snowflake
Leucojum aestivum
Summer Snowflake · Brooklyn Botanic Garden · 30 March 2025
Despite the name, a spring bloomer in most gardens - each petal tipped with a single spot of green rather than a snowdrop's notch, and the flowers noticeably larger than a snowdrop's throughout.
The "summer" is relative to the Spring Snowflake, which flowers in February. A plant of damp European meadows, and one of the few bulbs that will grow with its feet in water.
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