Blue Giant Chionodoxa

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bulbs
$6.50
Item: 6463-A
$12.00
Item: 6463-B
$42.00
Item: 6463-C
Chionodoxa forbesii
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
Quick Details
Bloom Time
early spring
Height
4-8"
Bloom Color
medium blue
Hardy in Zones
3–8
Compare
Compare with other Chionodoxa
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.