Spring bulbs

Glory of the Snow

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.

Thousands 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.

Did you know?

• In Greek chion means snow and doxa means glory.
• Chionodoxa is in the same family as hyacinths.
• Chionodoxa is very similar to a smaller species called Scilla, differing only in the structure of their stamens.

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