| Scientific Name: | Leucojum aestivum |
| Common Name: | summer snowflake |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Green, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal from bulb, linear, 60-80cm long x 2-3cm wide, usually die back by summer; 2-5(-8) drooping bell-shaped florets, each with 6 white tepals that have a green spot near the apex, initially protected by a green bract at the end of a 4-sided hollow peduncle 30-40cm long. | |