Squill ID and snowflakes :)

[leifus]

1 Turkish squill?



2 summer snowflake? (planted I think)



3 a snowflake....(much smaller flowers and fewer of them too)








that was found in a random hedge

[Tiggrx]

1. Alpine Squill (Scilla bifolia)
2.&3. Both Summer Snowflake - no.3 could be subsp. pulchellum

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

1. Alpine Squill (Scilla bifolia)
2.&3. Both Summer Snowflake - no.3 could be subsp. pulchellum

thanks

[KeenTeen17]

Not sure on the squill but they are both summer snowflakes. The spring near me has gone over weeks ago.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Found some summer snowflakes myself today. A first for me and my new Wildflower list is coming on nicely!

[KeenTeen17]

I was told the way to identify between the species is that spring snowflake only has one or 2 flowerheads on one stalk and is a short plant

Whereas the summer snowflake is a taller plant altogether and depending on its age can have 2 or more flowerheads on one stalk.
I wouldn't go with the flowering times though for identifications because this year the summer snowflake was out before the spring But the summer has lasted longer than the spring so that could help in future

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I was told the way to identify between the species is that spring snowflake only has one or 2 flowerheads on one stalk and is a short plant

Whereas the summer snowflake is a taller plant altogether and depending on its age can have 2 or more flowerheads on one stalk.
I wouldn't go with the flowering times though for identifications because this year the summer snowflake was out before the spring But the summer has lasted longer than the spring so that could help in future

very helpful thanks - my book says they flower til june