| Description | Gravetye Giant (Leucojum aestivum) is a robust heirloom bulb. Getting up to 24" with pendent white flowers in the spring. Flowers look like a large Lily of the Valley. |
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| Plant Type | Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist, average |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, average |
| Flowers | white, bell shaped, three sepals and petals (tepals), green tipped, nodding, borne on the top of a naked hollow flower scape |
| Fruit | has swollen air filled seed pods (#60) |
| Leaves | green, strap-like |
| Stems | geophyte, bulbs |
| Dimensions | 24 inches |
| Propagation | division of bulbs |
| Native Site | western, central and eastern Europe, to Turkey and the Caucasus |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by William Robinson and named after the Gravetye Manor in Sussex England |
| Notes & Reference | #60-The American Gardeners World of Bulbs (Judy Glattstein), #113-Bulbs for Gardens Habits (Judy Glattstein), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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