Early spring blooms.
Soft medium-blue petals, with white centers. Can spread to create a blue carpet for over two weeks in spring.
Zone 3-8. 5cm+ bulbs.
4-8" tall.
ships in fall
clearance!
Blue Giant Chionodoxa
bulbs
Early spring blooms.
Quick Details
- Bloom Time
- early spring
- Height
- 4-8"
- Bloom Color
- medium blue
- Hardy in Zones
- 3–8
Compare
| Variety | Product Type | Bloom Time | Height | Bloom Color | Hardy to Zone | Maximum Hardiness Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alba | bulbs | early spring | 4-8" | white | 3 | 8 |
| Blue Giant | bulbs | early spring | 4-8" | medium blue | 3 | 8 |
| Pink Giant | bulbs | early spring | 4-8" | blush pink | 3 | 8 |
| Violet Beauty | bulbs | early spring | 4-8" | violet-pink | 3 | 8 |
| Chionodoxa Collection | bulbs | early spring | 4-8" | multi-colored | 3 | 8 |
Additional Information
Glory-of-the-Snow Chionodoxa
Starlike flowers with white centers, 3–10 per raceme. Does well in shady woodland gardens and short grass, as well as in full sun. Can eventually form vast colonies. From the Greek chion ‘snow’ and doxa ‘glory’; pronounced kee-on-oh-doks-uh. Formerly Chionodoxa luciliae, C. gigantea. In 2020, Chionodoxa was subsumed into Scilla. Native to woods and mountains of Crete, Cyprus and western Turkey.
Novelties and Specialties
The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.
Shipping
Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around late September through October. Bulbs can be planted successfully up until your ground freezes.
Note to Alaska and far north customers: We cannot guarantee an early shipment, so please plan accordingly and order early.
We cannot accommodate specific ship date requests or guarantee your order will arrive by a certain day.