Horticulture/Chionodoxa

Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-snow) is a genus of eight bulbous perennials in the family Hyacinthaceae. The blue, white or pink flowers appear early in the year making them valuable garden ornamentals.

Four species occur in West Turkey, one in Southwest Turkey, two in Crete and one in Cyprus. Some species (mainly ../Chionodoxa siehei/ and ../Chionodoxa luciliae/) have naturalised from gardens outside of their native range. E. g. in Great Britain, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands. A natural hybrid of Chionodoxa siehei x Chionodoxa luciliae also occurs.

Species

 * ../Chionodoxa albescens/ (White Glory-of-the-snow) - Crete
 * ../Chionodoxa forbesii/ (Forbes Glory-of-the-snow) - Southwest Turkey
 * ../Chionodoxa lochiae/ (Loch's Glory-of-the-snow) - Cyprus
 * ../Chionodoxa luciliae/ (Lucile's Glory-of-the-snow) - West Turkey
 * ../Chionodoxa nana/ (Dwarf Glory-of-the-snow) - Crete
 * ../Chionodoxa sardensis/ (Lesser Glory-of-the-snow) - West Turkey
 * ../Chionodoxa siehei/ (Siehe's Glory-of-the-snow) - West Turkey
 * ../Chionodoxa tmoli/ (Tmolus Glory-of-the-snow) - West Turkey