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Galanthus plicatus
Pleated snowdrop is a small spring-flowering bulb from woodland and scrub in eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, grown for its early nodding white flowers and folded leaves. It is cold-hardy and best planted in shade or dappled light where it can naturalise.
Galanthus plicatus, the pleated snowdrop, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to eastern Europe and western Asia. It is a spring flowering bulbous herbaceous perennial.
Galanthus plicatus and the cultivar 'Three Ships' are both recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The cultivar 'Wendy's Gold' has a yellow ovary and yellow markings on the inner petals.
Galanthus plicatus occurs from eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine and Crimea) through Turkey to the north-west Caucasus. G. plicatus subsp. plicatus is found throughout the range of the species, G. plicatus subsp. byzantinus only in north-west Turkey. The species is found in woodland and scrub, usually in shade. Ii is a red book species in Ukraine, and in the Crimean Tatar language it is called aqbardaq 'white cup'.
Galanthus alpinus var. alpinus · Galanthus bursanus · Giant snowdrop · Galanthus lagodechianus · Snowdrop · Queen Olga's Snowdrop · Snowdrop · Snowdrop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galanthus plicatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
