Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

I think this might be summer snowflake, as it is so much later than my other snowflakes.

Beautiful mona!💘😍

Love these 😍

Lovely Mona

I love them. From what I can see, the spring and summer variety look exactly the same, they just flower at different times - or am I missing something? @ShelleySnyder @gjones @Muzz67 @Davidward @columbiariver

That I couldn't tell you Mona, sorry!🤔💘😍

Interesting question - the summer snowflake was called ‘summer’ as at the time it was named many years ago weather conditions were much colder in spring so these bulbs didn’t flower till true summer. These days, our springs are much warmer so they typically flower earlier which causes confusion due to its name. It’s definitely Leucojum 👍🏼😊 @emve @columbiariver

My tutor informed me of that a couple of weeks ago. Leucojum vernum is much shorter, rarely getting over 20cm tall, where as aestivum is about 40cm tall. Here’s a useful link 😊 https://www.hortweek.com/leucojum/retail/article/1390329

I finally got to check my stack of tags, and this one is definitely leucojum aestivum Gravetye Giant, so summer it is. I don't know if it is so much taller than my other ones, perhaps a bit? I'll have to measure them next spring. But - come to think of it, I got my spring snowflakes as a gift from an old garden, so no one can say with certainty which variety it is. But it IS earlier, so I'll go with spring. Thanks @richard.spicer.7906 @columbiariver @gjones @ShelleySnyder

I'm with @columbiariver always learning something on here!😁💘😍