General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 0.5-0.75ft
Plant Spread: 0.25-0.5ft
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: 2-3 narrow, basal leaves
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Dull pink
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize

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Common names
  • Glory of the snow
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Scilla forbesii
  • Synonym: Chionodoxa forbesii

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Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2021-03-19
#pollinator
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2022-03-27
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-03-19
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: March 26, 2021
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-04-14
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Date: 2023-03-26
Uploaded by evermoredorphins
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Date: 2019-03-27
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-21
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2011-04-15
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-04-07
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Date: 2019-03-30
Location: Rosemont, Ontario
Date: April

Date: 2010-03-29
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-21
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-04-07
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-04-09
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2011-04-17
Reversions
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2011-04-19
Seem quite uncommon, but more reversions.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-05-08
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-21
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-03-27

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