glory-of-the-snow
Scilla luciliae
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size4 to 6 inches tall3 to 6 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Ascending
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Blue, pink, white
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Glory-of-the-snow (Scilla luciliae) is a bulb for borders, rock gardens, and naturalized drifts. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, loamy or clay soil. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything. It blooms in blue, pink, or white in early to late spring, and bees visit the flowers. Maw introduced it, and it spreads quickly and tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Yellow trout-lily, Spanish bluebell, Carlton daffodil, and Sedge.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Corse, Cyprus, and 5 more places. See all 9
Europe, Middle East, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.