Leave the foliage until it yellows and wilts entirely
Snowflake bulbs will dry up quickly in the air. Don’t wait long before planting them.
At the end of the blooming, wait for leaves to turn yellow. This means the plant has finally finished transferring nutrients to the bulb for the next season.
Don’t mow or cut the leaves before they’ve wilted entirely.
That’s all! It’s one of the plants that require only very little care.
Spring snowflake, snowdrop and summer snowflake compared
Three lookalike white bulb flowers are mentioned in this article, and they are easy to mix up. Here is what sets them apart, flowering time first.
Spring snowflake, snowdrop and summer snowflake compared
Plant
When it flowers
How to recognise it
Spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum)
January to March, in early spring
Short bulb flower, 5 to 12 inches (12 to 30 cm) tall
Snowdrop
At the same time as spring snowflake
Three wider petals with smaller petals inside; nearly the same size
Summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum)
In summer
Another species of the same Leucojum genus
Blooming also shifts within a single variety: it comes earlier in sunny spots and later in shaded ones.
Learn more about Leucojum vernum
Spring snowflake is often confused with the snowdrop flower, another cute white bulb flower. It blooms at the same time and is nearly the same size.
To tell them apart, remember that the snowflake flower is is wider and rounder, whereas snowdrop has three wider petals and then smaller petals inside.
This early-blooming spring flower will sprout through lawn grass and other lawn substitutes, so you can benefit from its blooming before the mowing seasons commences.
Another species of Leucojum,L. aestivum, blooms in summer.
Smart tip about Spring snowflake
This flower will bloom several years in a row if you don’t disturb them and if they don’t suffer too much heat in summer. To keep them cool, keep a thick layer of dried leaves over the bulbs in summer.
Take a look at several other unmissable bulb flowers
