{"id":6956,"date":"2016-03-30T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:27:36","slug":"growing-chinodoxa-glory-of-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-chinodoxa-glory-of-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Chionodoxa – Glory of The Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chionodoxa are beautiful, hardy spring flowering bulbs that are easy to grow. They grow 6inches tall from small bulbs and have pretty star-shaped flowers with long narrow leaves. (Also spelled Chinodoxa and common name Glory of the Snow). The blossom has a central line on each of 6 petals.<\/p>\n

Cultivation 0f Chionodoxa<\/strong><\/h3>\n

They do well in most garden soil. Plant 2-3″ deep.
\nChinodoxa are most effective when planted in clumps and allowed to naturalise.
\nSuitable for rockeries and growing in pots.
\nFlowers lasts for 3-4 weeks, after which both the flowers and the foliage die back.<\/p>\n

Chinodoxa Varieties<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chinodoxa Lucilliae is widely available and flowers bright blue
\nChinodoxa Luciliae Alba is a clear white with star shaped flowers in March.
\nChinodoxa\u00c2\u00a0 Forbesii Pink Giant produces a wealth of pink flowers.
\nChinodoxa Forbesii is bright blue with a white centre.<\/p>\n

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Glory of the Snow <\/strong>
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\n‘Transforming the landscape from white to blue, the delicate alpine Chionodoxa comes into flower as the snows melt in the mountains of Turkey, Crete and Cyprus, earning it the name Glory of the Snow.
\nThousands of deep blue, starry-flowered Chionodoxa siehei from western Turkey have been naturalised in the lawn close to White Peaks creating a blanket of spring colour. They emerge in the early months of the year, flower and then die back to survive the summer underground as dormant bulbs.’ <\/em>Well worth hunting out if you visit Kew in early spring.<\/p>\n

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Species & Varieties<\/strong>
\nChionodoxa albescens (Pale Glory-of-the-snow) – Crete
\nChionodoxa cretica (Cretan Glory-of-the-snow) – Crete
\nChionodoxa forbesii (Forbes’ Glory-of-the-snow) – south-west Turkey
\nChionodoxa lochiae, synonym C. gigantea (Loch’s Glory-of-the-snow) – Cyprus
\nChionodoxa luciliae (Lucile’s Glory-of-the-snow) – west Turkey
\nChionodoxa nana (Dwarf Glory-of-the-snow) – Crete
\nChionodoxa sardensis (Lesser Glory-of-the-snow) – west Turkey
\nChionodoxa siehei, synonyms C. tmoli, C. tmolusii (Siehe’s Glory-of-the-snow) – west Turkey; the commonest garden form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chionodoxa are beautiful, hardy spring flowering bulbs that are easy to grow. They grow 6inches tall from small bulbs and have pretty star-shaped flowers with long narrow leaves. (Also spelled Chinodoxa and common name Glory of the Snow). The blossom has a central line on each of 6 petals. Cultivation 0f Chionodoxa They do well in most garden soil. Plant 2-3″ deep. Chinodoxa are most effective when planted in clumps and allowed to naturalise. Suitable for rockeries and growing in…<\/p>\n

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